Table de lecture impressionniste n°1 - Porte d’aval

Porte d’aval, claude Monet, 1895


This information panel belongs to Impressionist itinerary: “The sea”.

On this painting, the artist nicely harmonizes the four elements: water, earth, air and fire through the sun. He does not include details that are not useful to reach his aim in this painting: the boats sails are only made of little paint touches.

Only the direction of the paint strokes gives life to the landscape. Today you can choose to walk on the cliffs, a great choice, or to play a round of golf.