A natural site already inhabited
Houses and walkers punctuate the summit. Monet does not erase them: he reduces them to signs that make the scale of the cliff immediately perceptible.
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Artwork description
Claude Monet · Dieppe · 1882 · W759
A green and chalky cliff dominates Dieppe beach, while a few houses stand out on the ridge and a sail slides offshore. Painted in 1882, this oil on canvas measuring 66 × 82 cm is kept at the Kunsthaus Zürich under number 2252 and corresponds to Wildenstein 759.

Look at the work
The promontory enters from the left and descends towards a narrow beach. Buildings and small figures occupy its summit. On the right, the sea opens wide around an isolated sailboat.
The chalk receives white, pink, blue and green; the plateau mixes denser yellows and greens. The clear sky and the gray-blue sea respond to each other, separated by a deliberately soft horizon line.
In W759, the monumentality of the cliff remains light: the light colors, the figures of the plateau and the sail prevent the rock mass from closing the view.
Composition, touch and light
Three precise elements allow us to understand this composition and the essential difficulties of faithful reproduction.
Houses and walkers punctuate the summit. Monet does not erase them: he reduces them to signs that make the scale of the cliff immediately perceptible.
The coast descends from left to right and leads towards the sail. This large oblique balances the vast horizontal surface of the sea.
Pink, blue, green and cream cross the wall. These variations reflect shadows, vegetation and light without resorting to academic modeling.
Reference image
Only one exact image of W759 is used. The real WebP measures 1,200 × 962 px and retains figures, houses and sail without artificial enlargement.
They must remain simple vertical accents, visible but secondary. Detailing them excessively would break the scale relationship.
The boat serves as a counterpoint to the cliff. Its position and small size are essential to the balance of the right half.
White should never cover the underlying pinks, blues and greens. This superposition gives the rock its light and volume.
Documented benchmarks
The Kunsthaus Zürich documents La Falaise à Dieppe, oil on canvas from 1882, 66 × 82 cm, signed Claude Monet 82 lower left, inventory 2252 and Wildenstein 759.
The Kunsthaus notice places the cliff above the beach, west of the Norman town. Monet observes the site from the shore.
The work was entered thanks to the Vereinigung Zürcher Kunstfreunde in 1932 and today bears inventory number 2252.
The houses on the plateau, the large oblique cliff and the unique sail distinguish this composition from the neighboring views painted in Pourville.
Your reproduction
Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.
| Title | The Cliff in Dieppe W759 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Claude Monet (1840 -1926) |
| Date | 1882 |
| Original technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 66 × 82 cm |
| Orientation | Horizontal |
| Conservation | Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland |
| Inventory | 2252 · Wildenstein 759 |
| Your reproduction | Handmade oil painting on canvas |
Presentation in your interior
This bright view is suitable for a living room, office or bedroom. A light gray, mist blue or soft green wall and an oak frame underline its Norman freshness.
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