Rough Sea at Étretat (Étretat, mer agitée), painted by Claude Monet in 1883, hurls foaming green waves against the shingle beach while the great chalk arch of the Porte d’Aval looms through wind-driven spray. Two small figures on the shore watch the churning water, lending human scale to the fury of the English Channel under a leaden sky. Painted during Monet’s celebrated 1883 campaign on the Normandy coast, the canvas now belongs to the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lyon.
Artist: Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926). Date: 1883.
Rough Sea at Étretat (Étretat, mer agitée), 1883 by Claude Monet. Impressionist Seascape Wall Art Canvas Print.