A motif dissolved by the atmosphere
The coast remains identifiable but its contours blend into the sky and water. Depth depends on very close chromatic variations rather than a precise design.
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Artwork description
Claude Monet · Pourville · 1882 · W782
An orange sun descends in a pink and purple mist above the sea, while the cliffs of Pourville are reduced to a blue silhouette. Signed and dated Claude Monet 82, this oil on canvas measuring 61.5 × 74.3 cm is kept in a private collection and corresponds to Wildenstein 782.

Look at the work
The rocky beach forms a dark strip in the foreground. Beyond, the sea extends to an almost erased coast; the solar disk, slightly off-center, becomes the only clearly defined point in the atmosphere.
Orange, pink, lilac, blue and yellow green mingle in soft touches. The clouds and water return to neighboring colors, so that the horizon becomes deliberately uncertain.
In this version, Monet no longer describes just Pourville: he paints the meeting of humid air, cold sea and a light that colors all the mist.
Composition, touch and light
Three precise elements allow us to understand this composition and the essential difficulties of faithful reproduction.
The coast remains identifiable but its contours blend into the sky and water. Depth depends on very close chromatic variations rather than a precise design.
The small orange disk concentrates the warm intensity. Around it, pinks and purples diffuse this light instead of limiting it to a vertical reflection.
Dark rocks provide a solid threshold for an almost immaterial scene. Without this band, sky and sea would merge entirely.
Reference image
Only one exact image of W782 is used. The real WebP measures 1,968 × 1,630 px and cleanly reproduces the visual documented by Christie's, without artificial enlargement.
It must remain small and integrated into the mist. A color that is too saturated or an outline that is too hard would artificially detach it from the sky.
They balance pinks and purples and reflect filtered light. Removing them would make the whole thing excessively cold.
It must remain readable as a distant presence, without invented details. Its softness is the signature of the misty effect of W782.
Documented benchmarks
Christie's documents Setting Sun, Misty Weather, Pourville, oil on canvas from 1882, 61.5 × 74.3 cm, signed and dated lower left, listed Wildenstein 782.
Monet faces the cliffs and Pointe de l'Ailly, in evening light filtered by the maritime mist.
The merchant received it directly from the artist in December 1883 before its passage through several private collections, probably including that of Albert Spencer.
The sales notice brings together the dimensions, signature, provenance and Wildenstein 782 identification used today to distinguish this version.
Your reproduction
Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.
| Title | Setting sun, foggy weather, Pourville W782 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Claude Monet (1840 -1926) |
| Date | 1882 |
| Original technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 61.5 × 74.3 cm |
| Orientation | Horizontal |
| Conservation | Private collection, Work documented by Christie's |
| Inventory | Wildenstein 782 |
| Your reproduction | Handmade oil painting on canvas |
Presentation in your interior
This atmospheric marine is suitable for a bedroom, living room or meditation space. A powder pink, gray or light beige lilac wall and a warm brown frame reinforce its light.
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