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

Sunset at Étretat, painted by Claude Monet in 1883, captures the dramatic chalk cliffs and natural arches of the Normandy coast bathed in the warm, saturated light of the setting sun. Monet made this scene during his repeated winter sojourns to Étretat between 1882 and 1886, chasing the fleeting effects of light across the same cliffs at different hours and seasons. The painting belongs to a small group of Étretat sunsets in which the sun's disc itself is rendered directly, rather than dissolved into atmosphere, giving the canvas an unusually bold, almost startling luminosity.

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

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