Étretat: The Beach and the Falaise d'Amont  1885

Claude Monet arrived in Étretat, on the Normandy coast, with his two sons, his companion, Alice Hoschedé, and her six children for a working vacation in mid-September 1885. By the time he left in mid-December he had initiated 51 canvases, many of which he reworked back at his studio in Giverny. The majority feature the rock formations that flank the bay of Étretat. These s...