Camille on the Beach at Trouville (Camille assise sur la plage à Trouville), c. 1870 by Claude Monet

Camille on the Beach at Trouville, painted by Claude Monet in 1870 shows the artist’s young wife, Camille Doncieux, seated on the sand beneath a parasol, her figure rendered in loose, rapid strokes that leave patches of bare canvas visible. Sailboats and bathers dot the sunlit water behind her, evoking the fashionable atmosphere of the Norman coastal resort where the couple honeymooned that summer. Painted shortly before the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War forced the Monets to flee to London, the canvas stands among the artist’s most personal and immediate beach studies.

Artist: Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926). Date: 1870.

Camille on the Beach at Trouville (Camille assise sur la plage à Trouville), 1870 by Claude Monet. Early Impressionist Wall Art Canvas Print.