Friday, August 21, 2020

Painting View from Rouelles by Monet in 1858

Oscar-Claude Monet (1840 – 926) was the most consistent and prolific practitioner of Impressionism and the philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein air landscape painting.

He was persuaded by Eugene Boudin (1824-98) to travel with him to Rouelles, north-east of Le Havre, for a painting excursion. Here, under the influence of Boudin, Monet produced his first-known painting, View at Rouelles, La Havre.

This early work of eighteen-year-old Claude Monet was adept at rendering the natural landscape, its atmosphere and its colors, in a conventional ‘academic’ style.
Painting View from Rouelles by Monet in 1858

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