The Beach at Sainte-Adresse
| The Beach at Sainte-Adresse | |
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| Artist | Claude Monet |
| Year | 1867 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Movement | Impressionism |
| Dimensions | 75.8 cm × 102.5 cm (29.8 in × 40.4 in) |
| Location | Art Institute of Chicago |
The Beach at Sainte-Adresse is an 1867 oil-on-canvas painting by Claude Monet. Its first exhibition was in 1876 with favorable reactions. It entered Jean-Baptiste Faure's, a French singer and art collector, acquired it for his collection.[1] It is now in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago given as part of the Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn Memorial Collection by Annie Swan Coburn in 1933.[2][3]
This painting and the Regatta at Sainte-Adresse were painted from near-identical locations during the same visit to Monet's aunt.[2] The Beach focuses on the fishermen with a bourgeois couple in the background and Regatta emphasizes attending the regatta.[3]
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References[edit]
- ^ C., A. (1957). "Homage to Claude Monet". The Art Institute of Chicago Quarterly. 51 (2): 23–26. ISSN 1935-6609. JSTOR 4120394. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
- ^ a b Monet, Claude (1867), The Beach at Sainte-Adresse, retrieved 2023-09-27
- ^ a b John House; David Hopkins (2007-09-01). Impressionists by the Sea. Royal Academy of Arts. ISBN 978-1-903973-88-2. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
