Morning at Étretat, painted by Claude Monet in 1883 shows the pale chalk cliffs of the Normandy coast catching the first warm light of day above a calm sea streaked with blue and violet. Small fishing boats rest on the shingle beach in the foreground, grounding the shifting sky and water in a quiet, everyday scene. The painting comes from one of Monet's extended stays at Étretat in the early 1880s, when he returned again and again to study how changing light transformed the same dramatic cliffs.
Artist: Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926). Date: 1883.
Morning at Étretat, 1883 by Claude Monet. Normandy Coast Wall Art Canvas Print.