Boats on the Beach at Étretat

1885

Forced indoors by inclement fall weather, Monet painted this work and The Departure of the Boats, Étretat while looking out the window of his room at the Hôtel Blanquet. The two form a pair that share a palette, subject, and vantage point. Monet centered each composition on the boats, combining pastel blues, pinks, purples, and greens to render wet surfaces.

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Artist

Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)

Date

1885

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

66 × 82.3 cm (26 × 32 7/16 in.); Framed: 85.1 × 100.4 × 9.6 cm (33 1/2 × 39 1/2 × 3 3/4 in.)

Origin

France

Collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Credit

Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection