The Beach at Honfleur

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The Beach at Honfleur

France, 1864-1866
Paintings
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 23 1/2 × 32 in. (59.69 × 81.28 cm) Frame: 34 × 43 × 4 in. (86.36 × 109.22 × 10.16 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Reese Hale Taylor (64.4)
European Painting
Not currently on public view

Curator Notes

Claude Monet made this painting in 1864, in the early years of the movement that came to be known as Impressionism....
Claude Monet made this painting in 1864, in the early years of the movement that came to be known as Impressionism. The painting, with its broken brushstrokes designed to capture the fleeting effects of light, is a hallmark of Impressionism.

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  • Monet / Boudin. Madrid: Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, 2018.
  • Hilaire, Michel, and Paul Perrin, eds. Frédéric Bazille (1841-1870) and the Birth of Impressionism. Paris: Flammarion, 2016.
  • Monet / Boudin. Madrid: Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, 2018.
  • Donahue, Kenneth.  X, a Decade of Collecting:  1965-1975.  Los Angeles:  Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1975.

  • Brettell, Richard et al.,  A Day in the Country: Impressionism and the French Landscape. Los Angeles: Los Angeles Museum of Art, 1984.

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  • Schaefer, Scott, and Peter Fusco. European Painting and Sculpture in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: an Illustrated Summary Catalogue. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987.
  • Conisbee, Philip; Judi Freeman; and Richard Rand. Monet to Matisse: French Art in Southern California Collections. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1991.
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