The Seashore at Sainte-Adresse (Le Bord de mer à Sainte-Adresse), 1864 by Claude Monet

The Seashore at Sainte-Adresse (Le Bord de mer à Sainte-Adresse), painted by Claude Monet in 1864 captures a windswept stretch of the Normandy coast near Le Havre, where a grassy bluff slopes down to a pebbled beach dotted with fishing boats. Under a heavy, cloud-streaked sky, a lone sailboat cuts through the choppy green-gray water while smaller craft rest along the shoreline. Painted early in Monet's career, the canvas already reveals the loose brushwork and attentiveness to shifting coastal light that would come to define Impressionism.

Artist: Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926). Date: 1864.

The Seashore at Sainte-Adresse (Le Bord de mer à Sainte-Adresse), 1864 by Claude Monet. Normandy Seascape Wall Art Canvas Print.