Road at La Cavée, Pourville (Chemin de la Cavée, Pourville), c. 1882 by Claude Monet

Road at La Cavée, Pourville (Chemin de la Cavée, Pourville), painted by Claude Monet around 1882 leads the eye down a sunken chalk path between two grassy banks scattered with wildflowers, opening onto the pale blue waters of the English Channel. A dense stand of wind-shaped trees rises on the right, its deep greens setting off the luminous grasses and the soft coastal sky. Monet painted this welcoming hollow during his productive 1882 campaign at Pourville on the Normandy coast, and that October he sold four versions of the composition to the Galerie Durand-Ruel.

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

Road at La Cavée, Pourville (Chemin de la Cavée, Pourville), c. 1882 by Claude Monet. Normandy Coast Canvas Print.