À propos de l’œuvre
Bord de la falaise à Pourville, par Claude Monet
Claude Monet · Pourville · 1882 · W752
Cliff edge at Pourville W752hand painted reproduction
A flowery meadow suddenly stops above the sea, facing the blue cliffs of Pourville lit under a moving sky. Signed and dated Claude Monet 82, this oil on canvas measuring 60.5 × 81.5 cm is kept at the Museum Barberini under the number MB-Mon-12 and corresponds to Wildenstein 752.
Look at the work
The edge of the cliff emerges like a cut among the grass
The plateau occupies the entire left and descends towards a dark wall which falls into the sea. The coast extends into the center; several small sails punctuate the turquoise water and open up the view to the open sea.
The grasses mix green, yellow, pink and blue in tight touches. The distant cliff combines blue and white, while the sky changes from purple gray to a lighter blue area.
Monet chooses a marginal motif and makes it spectacular in point of view: the spectator is almost above the break in the field.
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.
A void placed in the center
The dark wall forms a vertical notch between the plateau and the sea. This contrast makes you feel the height without directly representing the bottom of the cliff.
Sails as scale markers
Tiny, they animate the surface and measure the maritime extent. Their dispersion balances the mass of the foreground.
A changing light
The sky alternates between clearings and clouds. The cliffs receive almost luminous blues while the nearby edge remains darker and denser.
Reference image
Read this specific version
Only one exact image of W752 is used. The real WebP measures 2,500 × 1,839 px and retains the complete visual of the Museum Barberini without artificial enlargement.
Preserve the dark break of the cliff
It should remain clean but not black. Purple, brown and green build a colorful depth.
Keep the sails very small
Enlarging them would give them an excessive narrative role. They are above all accents of light and scale.
Maintain the variety of herbs
Yellow, pink, blue and green touches should not merge. Their vibration creates the sensation of wind on the plateau.
Documented benchmarks
Three pieces of information specific to this work
The Museum Barberini documents Edge of the Cliff in Pourville, oil on canvas from 1882, 60.5 × 81.5 cm, signed and dated lower right, inventory MB-Mon-12 and Wildenstein 752.
The Normandy coast around Pourville
Monet here abandons the known monuments for an ordinary edge of land, made spectacular by the high framing and the steep fall.
Hasso Plattner Collection
The painting belongs to the impressionist ensemble of the Museum Barberini, which preserves several of Monet's landscapes devoted to the coast, fields and gardens.
The Wildenstein 752 canvas
The flowery foreground, the dark notch of the cliff, the blue coast and the small sails allow it to be distinguished from W751, in panoramic format.
Your reproduction
What the painter must preserve
Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.
- The Wildenstein 752 version
- The steep edge in the center of the canvas
- Small sails on the turquoise sea
- The blue cliffs under the changing sky
Work sheet
| Title | Cliff edge at Pourville W752 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Claude Monet (1840 -1926) |
| Date | 1882 |
| Original technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 60.5 × 81.5 cm |
| Orientation | Horizontal |
| Conservation | Museum Barberini, Potsdam, Germany |
| Inventory | MB-Mon-12 · Wildenstein 752 |
| Your reproduction | Handmade oil painting on canvas |
Presentation in your interior
A palette designed with the room
This bright view is suitable for a living room, entrance or bedroom. A gray blue, sage green or off-white wall and a light frame reinforce its sea air.
