Claude MonetFrench, 1840–1926View over the Sea
May one see it?
Unknown: the museum keeps its counsel
Nationalmuseum
Stockholm, Sweden
The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.
- In this state since
- Sep 27, 2026
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
About the painting
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 coastline became a popular tourist region around this time, as can be seen by the many small sailboats in the painting.
Nationalmuseum
Particulars
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- Nationalmuseum: the museum's own open data · fetched 3 days ago
- Image: Nationalmuseum — Public Domain Mark 1.0
Meanwhile, in the life of Claude Monet
The whole life1880–1881
Durand-Ruel resumes purchases
Durand-Ruel offered to handle the buying and selling of Monet's works on a permanent basis, after which the artist's fortunes rapidly improved.
December 1881 – April 1883 · Residence
Villa Saint-Louis
1883
First major retrospective
In the year of his move to Giverny, Monet's first large retrospective exhibition took place.
December 1883
Riviera trip with Renoir
Monet and Renoir took a short painting trip by train along the Italian Riviera as far as Genoa; on the way back they stopped at L'Estaque to see Cézanne. On this trip Monet discovered Bordighera.
1883–1926 · Workplace
Giverny
18 January – 5 April 1884
Three months in Bordighera
Instead of the planned three weeks, Monet spent almost three months in the Ligurian town of Bordighera and painted 38 pictures. He called the town a magical, fairy-tale land; on the way back he stopped in Menton.
