Sunset at Étretat (Coucher de Soleil à Étretat), 1883 by Claude Monet

Sunset at Étretat, painted by Claude Monet in 1883 captures the celebrated cliffs and natural arch at Étretat as darkening silhouettes against a blazing sky of orange, pink, and violet, the wet sand below mirroring the last light of day. Small figures wade near the shoreline, dwarfed by the towering chalk formations that had already made the site a magnet for painters and tourists alike. The scene belongs to Monet’s sustained study of Étretat, in which he returned to the same cliffs to record how a single motif changes with the hour and the weather.

Artist: Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926). Date: 1883.

Sunset at Étretat (Coucher de Soleil à Étretat), 1883 by Claude Monet. Dramatic Sunset Canvas Print.