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Falaises près de Sainte-Adresse, temps gris W689 par Claude Monet, Ordrupgaard
  • Falaises près de Sainte-Adresse, temps gris W689 par Claude Monet, Ordrupgaard
  • Falaises près de Sainte-Adresse, temps gris W689 par Claude Monet, Ordrupgaard
Cliffs near Sainte-Adresse, gray weather W689 - Claude Monet

Cliffs near Sainte-Adresse, gray weather W689 - Claude Monet

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Claude Monet · Sainte-Adresse · circa 1881 · W689

Cliffs near Sainte-Adresse, gray weather W689hand painted reproduction

Under a beige gray sky, the sea fills almost the entire left half while the cliff of Sainte-Adresse rises to the right. The houses and trees of the plateau are reduced to a dark silhouette; at the foot of the slope, a few tiny figures and boats mingle with the waves. This oil on canvas measuring 60 × 73 cm, Wildenstein 689, is kept in Ordrupgaard under number 283 WH.

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Cliffs near Sainte-Adresse, gray weather W689Claude Monet · around 1881
around 1881Dating
60 × 73 cmDimensions of the original
Oil on canvasOriginal technique
283 WH · Wildenstein 689Inventory
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Created for youEach copy is made to order.
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Overcast weather erases the horizon and makes the cliff steeper

The coast forms a diagonal which starts from the lower right edge and goes up to the village. It opposes a compact volume to the great opening of the sea; the horizon, almost absorbed by the mist, extends the gray of the sky rather than closing the space.

Monet juxtaposes broken whites, cold greens and purple grays in the water. The cliff mixes brown, olive green and dark blue earth, then a few light touches mark the walls and roofs of the hamlet without detailing them.

The absence of direct sun does not impoverish the palette: it forces Monet to distinguish the sea, the sky, the sea spray and the rock by very slight changes in temperature and density.

Composition, touch and light

What Monet builds behind the impression of snapshot

Three precise elements allow us to understand this composition and the essential difficulties of faithful reproduction.

01

A steeply inclined coastal diagonal

The slope leads the gaze from the nearby shore towards the constructions of the plateau. This climb tightens the composition on the right and amplifies the mobile extent of the sea on the left.

02

An almost invisible horizon

The sky and water share similar values. A few bluer horizontal lines are enough to indicate distance, while clear waves bring the eye back to the foreground.

03

Human silhouettes reduced to signs

The small figures at the foot of the cliff introduce the scale without becoming a story. Their fragility accentuates the height of the promontory and the strength of the gray weather.

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Composition01

Keep the cliff on the right edge

It should not be refocused: its asymmetrical placement creates the impression of a rib suddenly entering the field.

Color02

Preserve the cold shades of the sea

Wave whites contain green, blue and mauve. Pure white repeated evenly would remove atmospheric depth.

Matter03

Keep the village very basic

The keys of the plateau must remain integrated into the mass of the cliff; houses that are too clear would distract from the meteorological phenomenon.

Documented benchmarks

Three pieces of information specific to this work

Ordrupgaard preserves Les Falaises near Sainte-Adresse, gray weather, oil on canvas from approximately 1881, 60 × 73 cm, inventory 283 WH and catalog Wildenstein 689.

Location01

The coast north of Le Havre

Sainte-Adresse dominates the bay and offers Monet a motif where the height of the cliff, the marine opening and the rapid changes in weather can be observed in the same framing.

Atmosphere02

An overcast sky without clear shade

Diffuse light brings together the values of sky and water. Monet then constructs the distance by the direction of the keys and by subtle oppositions of colored grays.

Version03

Wildenstein number 689

The steep slope placed on the right, the dark village on the plateau and the gray-green sea distinguish this canvas from the other views of Sainte-Adresse.

Your reproduction

What the painter must preserve

Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.

  • The Wildenstein 689 version
  • The diagonal cliff on the right edge
  • The dark village at the top
  • The gray-green sea under an overcast sky

Work sheet

Title Cliffs near Sainte-Adresse, gray weather W689
Artist Claude Monet (1840 -1926)
Date around 1881
Original technique Oil on canvas
Dimensions 60 × 73 cm
Orientation Horizontal
Conservation Ordrupgaard, Charlottenlund, Denmark
Inventory 283 WH · Wildenstein 689
Your reproduction Handmade oil painting on canvas
Consult the official notice - Ordrupgaard · 283 WH

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This horizontal and mineral composition is suitable for a living room, dining room or office. A warm gray, sage green or off-white wall and a natural wood frame accompany its Norman light.

Cliffs near Sainte-Adresse, gray weather W689, painted for your interior

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