“During the 1870s when he was living at Argenteuil, on the outskirts of Paris, Monet made several trips back to Le Havre, where he had grown up…

Despite the fact that it is relatively large, the picture has the sketchy quality of Monet’s smaller canvases. Broken brushwork conveys the gentle movement of rippling water and the fragmented reflections of boats; the sails that almost obscure the architecture are hastily brushed in. A muted palette, consisting mostly of greyish blues and browns, relieved by touches of warmer orange, conjures up the atmosphere of a northern port under an overcast sky.

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List of Paintings by Claude Monet at wikiwand

Works by Claude Monet at Museum Barberini

Claude Monet at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Claude Monet at National Gallery of Art

Claude Monet at Art Institute of Chicago

Claude Monet at Philidelphia Museum of Art

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Claude Monet at Musee d’Orsay

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