The Departure of the Boats, Étretat

Museum record 81540: The Departure of the Boats, Étretat by Claude Monet. A verified entry point for discovery.

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For The Departure of the Boats, Étretat (record 81540), start with modern, expressive, atmospheric. Compare the focal subject, edge treatment, and atmosphere before moving on.

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Forced indoors by inclement fall weather, Claude Monet painted Boats on the Beach at Étretat and The Departure of the Boats, Étretat while looking out the window of his room at the Hôtel Blanquet. The two form a pair that share a palette, subject, and vantage point. In one of his daily letters to his companion and future wife, Alice Hoschedé, dated November 24, 1885, Monet described first Boats on the Beach and then Departure of the Boats : “In the afternoon, I worked in my room on my caloges [retired fi…