Vue de la côte près de Wargemont en Normandie (1880)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919)

Vue de la côte près de Wargemont en Normandie (View of the Seacoast near Wargemont in Normandy)
1880
Oil on canvas, 50.5 x 62.2 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Renoir was captivated by the seaside views near the country house of his patron Paul Berard at Wargemont, in northern France. He painted this scene out-of-doors, working quickly to capture the landscape’s salient features before the lighting conditions changed. This area of the Normandy coast, notable for its steep cliffs and weather-swept panoramas, also attracted Monet during the early 1880s. (MET)

See also:

• Château de Wargemont (Derchigny) | Normandie (France)