Claude MonetFrench, 1840–1926The Beach at Sainte-Adresse
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Yes, receiving visitors
Art Institute of Chicago
Room225Chicago, United States
On public display.
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- Aug 16, 2026
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- The museum's own collection data
About the painting
The Beach at Sainte-Adresse is an 1867 oil-on-canvas painting by Claude Monet. Its first exhibition was in 1876 with favorable reactions. It entered Jean-Baptiste Faure's, a French singer and art collector, acquired it for his collection. It is now in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago given as part of the Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn Memorial Collection by Annie Swan Coburn in 1933.
This painting and the Regatta at Sainte-Adresse were painted from near-identical locations during the same visit to Monet's aunt. The Beach focuses on the fishermen with a bourgeois couple in the background and Regatta emphasizes attending the regatta.
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- Art Institute of Chicago: the museum's own open data · fetched 4 days ago
- Image: Wikimedia Commons — Public domain (PD-Art)
Meanwhile, in the life of Claude Monet
The whole life1865
Salon debut
Monet made his Salon debut with the paintings "Cape La Hève at Low Tide" and "The Mouth of the Seine at Honfleur," which met with great approval.
8 August 1867
Birth of his son Jean
Monet and Camille Doncieux had their first son, Jean.
8 August 1867
Son born: Jean Monet
