| The Beach at Sainte-Adresse | |
|---|---|
| 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. 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.
This painting and the Regatta at Sainte-Adresse were painted from near-identical locations during the same visit to Monet's aunt. The Beach focuses on the fishermen with a bourgeois couple in the background and Regatta emphasizes attending the regatta.
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References
- ^ 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.