Claude Monet - The Manneport 1883
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The Manneport 1883
65x81cm oil/canvas
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
The image is only being used for informational and educational purposes
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From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City:
Monet spent most of February 1883 at Étretat, a fishing village and resort on the Normandy coast. He painted twenty views of the beach and the three extraordinary rock formations in the area: the Porte d'Aval, the Porte d'Amont, and the Manneporte. The sunlight that strikes the Manneporte has a dematerializing effect that permitted the artist to interpret the cliff almost exclusively in terms of color and luminosity. Most nineteenth century visitors were attracted to the rock as a natural wonder. Monet instead concentrated on his own changing perception of it at different times of day.