
The Cliff, Étretat, Sunset
The story
The chalk arches of the Normandy coast at Étretat caught the instant the sun touches the horizon. Monet came back to these cliffs again and again through the 1880s, drawn by the colour the sea kept throwing back at the rock.
- Artist
- Claude Monet
- Year
- 1883
- Period
- Impressionist
- Where it lives
- Copied from an art book
- Rights
- Free to view, download & share