Rough Weather at Étretat
1883
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Celebrated as a founding figure of Impressionism, he is one of France’s most ren…
The raging winter sea and white waves violently crashing against the cliffs of Normandy.
A powerful landscape painting that vividly captures the awe-inspiring power and immense energy of nature on canvas.
But in fact, as he painted this turbulent sea, the painter Monet's heart was also in the midst of a storm of anxiety and impatience.
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