About this artwork
In the summer of 1867 Claude Monet stayed with his aunt in Sainte-Adresse, an affluent suburb of the port city of Le Havre in Normandy, where the artist grew up. Monet began the painting outdoors on an overcast day but likely revised the composition in his studio in view of other related canvases, especially the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Regatta at Sainte-Adresse (51.30.4). Technical analysis revealed that what started as a scene of yachts and tourists at the beach ultimately became a view of sailboats and local fishermen. Monet first exhibited this painting at the Impressionist exhibition of 1876, the second of eight independent exhibitions he mounted with a group of like-minded avant-garde artists who sought to present their work outside of France’s traditional, state-sponsored Salon system.
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Status
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On loan to Wallraf Richartz Museum in Cologne for A Revolution in Art: Paris 1863-1875 From Salon to Impressionism
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Department
- Painting and Sculpture of Europe
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Artist
- Claude Monet
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Title
- The Beach at Sainte-Adresse
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Place
- France (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 1867
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Medium
- Oil on canvas
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Inscriptions
- Inscribed, lower right: Claude Monet 67
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Dimensions
- 75.8 × 102.5 cm (29 13/16 × 40 5/16 in.)
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Credit Line
- Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn Memorial Collection
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Reference Number
- 1933.439
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/14598/manifest.json