À propos de l’œuvre
L'Entrée du port de Trouville, par Claude Monet
Claude Monet · The Trouville channel at low tide · Hungarian National Gallery
Entrance to the port of Trouville W154hand painted reproduction
Two fishermen stand at the edge of the channel while sailboats with red, white and brown sails reach the entrance to the port. The two piers frame the water without symmetry: the high dark wall on the left opposes the long low dike on the right. Monet combines a daily work scene with a very clear study of reflections.
Look at the work
Clear channel opens between two uneven piers
On the left, a high pier descends at an angle and bears a small figure. On the right, a low quay stretches to the horizon. Between them, a green boat with a large pink sail dominates several more distant boats.
The foreground fishermen are seen almost from behind, one standing and the other sitting near a yellow basket. Their lines extend the rods into the calm water, where the sails are reflected in pink, green and gray bands.
The monumentality of the piers and the tiny scale of the fishermen make the narrow passage towards the sea a wide landscape.
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.
Two diagonals framing the aperture
The walls converge towards the horizon but their different height avoids any regular corridor effect.
The pink sail as a colorful center
It immediately catches the eye and its vertical reflection connects boat, water and foreground.
A largely reserved sky
The upper half, almost white, gives air to the masts and accentuates the low height of the port.
Reference image
Read this specific version
The single reference corresponds to inventory 367.B of the Hungarian National Gallery. The public domain file of 3998 × 3286 px was reduced to 3000 × 2466 px, without enlargement, then encoded in WebP.
Individualized sails
Salmon pink, cream, brown and yellow distinguish each boat despite the simplicity of the design.
Reflections longer than shapes
The colors of the sails descend into the water in vertical touches interrupted by the movements of the channel.
A luminous reserve in the sky
The gray-blue passages remain very thin and allow the light background around the masts to breathe.
Documented benchmarks
Three pieces of information specific to this work
This oil on canvas measuring 54 × 65.7 cm, dated 1870, is kept in Budapest under inventory 367.B and classified Wildenstein 154.
Also called Jetée de Trouville, low tide
The Budapest notice precisely describes the port passage discovered at low tide, a reason associated with fishing activities.
A decisive Norman campaign
Monet painted Trouville during the summer of 1870, between seaside scenes and views of the port, before his departure for London.
A work from the Hungarian National Gallery
The painting belongs to the national collections of Budapest and bears the number 367.B.
Your reproduction
What the painter must preserve
Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.
- Respect the two piers of different heights.
- Keep the pink sail and its reflection without saturating them.
- Keep fishermen and their rods in the foreground.
- Preserve the magnitude of the sky and the faint horizon line.
Work sheet
| Title | Entrance to the port of Trouville W154 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Claude Monet (1840 -1926) |
| Date | 1870 |
| Original technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 54 × 65.7 cm |
| Orientation | Horizontal |
| Conservation | Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest, Hungary |
| Inventory | 367.B · Wildenstein 154 |
| Your reproduction | Handmade oil painting on canvas |
Presentation in your interior
A palette designed with the room
Its bright grays, colorful sails and balanced format match a living room or seaside house. A light oak, bluish gray or fine black frame accompanies the piers.
