Cliffs near Pourville (Falaises près de Pourville), 1882 by Claude Monet

Cliffs near Pourville (Falaises près de Pourville), painted by Claude Monet in 1882 looks along a sweep of pale sand toward a sunlit chalk headland on the Normandy coast near Dieppe, its grassy crown catching the light above a steep face streaked with red, ochre, and gold. A long cool shadow stretches across the beach as the tide recedes, calm blue sea and a hazy sky filling the distance. Monet returned to this dramatic headland again and again during his extended 1882 stay at Pourville, chasing the shifting coastal light.

Artist: Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926). Date: 1882.

Cliffs near Pourville (Falaises près de Pourville), 1882 by Claude Monet. Normandy Coast Wall Art Canvas Print.