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The Beach at Sainte-Adresse

1867 · Oil on canvas

Fishing boats lie on the pebble beach at Sainte-Adresse under a grey sky, painted in the same summer as the Garden at Sainte-Adresse.

ArtistCClaude Monet
MuseumAArt Institute of Chicago
MovementIImpressionism
LocationChicago, United States
Genremarine art
Dimensions75.8 × 102.5 cm
SourceWikidata Q3966658

Why it matters

Fishermen fill the beach at Sainte-Adresse, with a bourgeois couple in the background. Monet painted it during a visit to his aunt, from almost the same spot as his Regatta at Sainte-Adresse.

Did you know?

  • It was painted in 1867.
  • The singer Jean-Baptiste Faure owned it.
  • It was given to the Art Institute of Chicago in 1933.

Based on the Wikipedia article The Beach at Sainte-Adresse (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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