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La Pointe de la Hève à marée basse W52 par Claude Monet, 1865, Kimbell Art Museum
  • La Pointe de la Hève à marée basse W52 par Claude Monet, 1865, Kimbell Art Museum
  • La Pointe de la Hève à marée basse W52 par Claude Monet, 1865, Kimbell Art Museum
Pointe de la Hève at low tide W52 - Claude Monet

Pointe de la Hève at low tide W52 - Claude Monet

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Claude Monet · Grande marine presented at the Salon of 1865 · Kimbell Art Museum

Pointe de la Hève at low tide W52hand painted reproduction

Under a heavy sky, the sea recedes at the foot of the cliffs of La Hève and leaves a vast wet shore. Two horse-drawn carts advance near the water, accompanied by small dark silhouettes; further on, a solitary sail marks the horizon. Monet combines the power of the Norman site with a silvery light that circulates on the waves, sand and clouds.

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Pointe de la Hève at low tide W52Claude Monet · 1865
1865Dating
90.2 × 150.5 cmDimensions of the original
Oil on canvasOriginal technique
AP 1968.07 · Wildenstein 52Inventory
A real paintingThe canvas is painted, never printed.
Created for youEach copy is made to order.
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Wet strike leads horses to cliff under storm

The sea enters from the left in oblique waves and retreats towards a point located under the cliff. A cart seen from behind, almost in the center, follows this direction; a second, closer, occupies the right. The figures and wheels are faintly reflected in the wet sand, reinforcing the depth of the beach.

The cliff stretches from the bottom to the right edge and shows green, brown and chalky strata. Above, anthracite gray clouds cover almost the entire sky, but a white gap illuminates the horizon. This contrast makes the wave line shine and transforms low tide into a vast cold mirror.

Monet circulates the same silvery light from the sky to the shore: clouds threaten, but water and sand still respond to each clearing.

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 depth guided by several diagonals

The wave line, cliff base and wheel tracks converge towards the distant center. The carts mark this escape and give the monumental scale of the shore.

02

A dark sky that never turns black

Slate blue, gray green, mauve and off-white make up the clouds. Their modulation makes it possible to maintain the movement of the storm and indirectly illuminate the sea.

03

A scene prepared for the exhibition

The large format and careful construction distinguish this canvas from a simple study. Monet developed Salon's version from a landscape of more transportable dimensions painted in front of the site the previous year.

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The visual corresponds to La Pointe de la Hève at low tide, inventory AP 1968.07 of the Kimbell Art Museum and Wildenstein number 52. The digitization was converted into a real WebP of 3,000 × 1,783 px.

Composition01

Horses and men remain seen from behind

Their small scale and dark silhouettes incorporate them into the general movement towards the cliff. Too detailed treatment would isolate them from the landscape.

Color02

Wet sand is neither uniform nor brown

It contains grays, blues, greens and fine light reflections. These temperature changes give the sensation of a wet surface discovered by the tide.

Matter03

The cliff has oblique layers

Its rocky bands follow the perspective and alternate green, ocher, gray and chalk. Respecting their inclination is essential to preserve the mass and geology of the cape.

Documented benchmarks

Three pieces of information specific to this work

Painted in 1865, this oil on canvas measures 90.2 × 150.5 cm. It is kept at the Kimbell Art Museum under the AP 1968.07 inventory and listed as Wildenstein 52.

Lounge01

One of two works that launched Monet's career

The Kimbell recalls that the painting was presented at the Paris Salon of 1865 with another marine. The favorable critical reception made the young painter, then aged twenty-four, known.

Method02

From a study on the motif to the large workshop canvas

Monet first painted a smaller version directly on the coast, now at the National Gallery in London. He then developed this vast composition in Paris during the first months of 1865 in order to submit it to the Salon.

Collection03

Acquired by the Kimbell Art Foundation in 1968

After several French and Swiss collections, the work passed through Wildenstein & Co. in New York. The Kimbell Art Foundation purchased it in 1968; it is now on display in the Kahn Building.

Your reproduction

What the painter must preserve

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

  • Maintain the converging diagonals of the shore and the cliff.
  • Nuance the dark sky without closing the bright gaps.
  • Keep carts small and integrated into the shore.
  • Make wet sand cool reflections without a hard mirror effect.

Work sheet

Title Pointe de la Hève at low tide W52
Artist Claude Monet (1840 -1926)
Date 1865
Original technique Oil on canvas
Dimensions 90.2 × 150.5 cm
Orientation Panoramic horizontal
Conservation Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Inventory AP 1968.07 · Wildenstein 52
Your reproduction Handmade oil painting on canvas
Consult the reference notice - Kimbell Art Museum - La Pointe de la Hève at Low Tide, AP 1968.07

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This large panoramic navy is suitable for a spacious living, dining room or office. A bluish black, smoked oak or matte silver frame accompanies the storm; a pearl gray, linen or slate blue wall reveals foam.

Pointe de la Hève at low tide W52, painted for your interior

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