The Beach at Sainte-Adresse (La Plage de Sainte-Adresse), c. 1867 by Claude Monet

The Beach at Sainte-Adresse (La Plage de Sainte-Adresse), painted by Claude Monet in 1867 shows fishing boats drawn up on the pale shingle of the Normandy shore under a wide sky of silvery gray clouds, while villagers linger beside the hulls and dark sails glide across the calm Channel beyond. A single blue rowboat anchors the composition, its crisp color ringing out against the muted tones of sand, sea and sky. Monet painted the scene during the pivotal summer of 1867 spent at his aunt’s home in Sainte-Adresse near Le Havre, a season that produced some of the most important canvases of his early career.

Artist: Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926). Date: 1867.

The Beach at Sainte-Adresse (La Plage de Sainte-Adresse), c. 1867 by Claude Monet. Normandy Beach Wall Art Canvas Print.