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View over the Sea
In the 1880s, Monet visited the Normandy coast several times. In 1882, he went to the port town of Pourville, where he made this painting. It has an unusual composition – with a broad view of the sea from a steep perspective. The cliffs in the foreground lead the eye directly down to the distant, shimmering water. The ocean fills the entire background, with no visible horizon. The Normandy coastli…
Creator
Type of item
- Visual arts
- paintings (visual works)
- http://udcdata.info/065280
- Visual Works (hierarchy name)
Creator
Type of item
- Visual arts
- paintings (visual works)
- http://udcdata.info/065280
- Visual Works (hierarchy name)
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Nationalmuseum, Sweden
Creation date
- 1882
- 1882
Provenance
- Donated 1919 by a consortium of donors (Martin Aronowitsch, John Collijn, G. A. Kyhlberger and Axel Melander)
Identifier
- NM 2122
- 19182
Extent
- Mått 63,5 x 80,3 cm
Format
- Oil on canvas
- Oil painting
Year
- 1882
Providing country
- Sweden
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2017-01-11T14:09:16.600Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2017-01-11T14:26:47.511Z