Fishing Boats Leaving the Harbor
Artist: Claude Monet
Year Composed: 1874
Artistic Movement: Impressionism
Nationality: France
Floor Found in Château: Third Floor
Year Composed: 1874
Artistic Movement: Impressionism
Nationality: France
Floor Found in Château: Third Floor
About the Artwork
Claude Monet's Fishing Boats Leaving the Harbor has an extended title: Fishing Boats Leaving the Harbor, Le Havre. Le Havre is a city in the region of Normandy, France, in the northwestern portion of the country. The city rests on the banks of the Seine River Delta as it spills into the English Channel. Although much different than it looks today, Le Havre was still a maritime center and a port city of France in the lat 19th Century (or the late 1800s). Monet captures that hustle and bustle of the port well with the abundance of people walking along the banks of the water as well as the large amount of ships docked in the harbor. The visible brushstrokes add to the movement and vivacity of the harbor of Le Havre.
About the Artist
As a founder of French Impressionist painting, Claude Monet used the emotional, painterly brushstrokes to depict the beauty and serenity of the French landscape during the 19th and 20th Centuries (or during the 1800s and 1900s). Monet's landscapes, including his Impression, Sunrise (1872), Mouth of the Seine at Honfleur (1865), and Flowers on the Riverbank at Argenteuil (1877), highlight the movement of light and the passage of time over the landscapes - the passing of both days as well as seasons.
About the Movement
Fishing Boats Leaving the Harbor was composed in the Impressionist Age of art. Impressionism was characterized by extremely loose brushstrokes that were visible throughout the entire painting. This 19th-Century (or 1800s) art movement took landscapes, figures, and objects and incorporated both movement and emotion. Impressionism, in a matter of style, was almost the blending between Cubism and Baroque art; that dramatic and emotional appeal of the Baroque mixed with the inclusion of motion and the passing of time of Cubism. Some of the most famous Impressionist artists included Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Edgar Degas.
Location of Original Work of Art: In a Private Collection
Claude Monet's Fishing Boats Leaving the Harbor has an extended title: Fishing Boats Leaving the Harbor, Le Havre. Le Havre is a city in the region of Normandy, France, in the northwestern portion of the country. The city rests on the banks of the Seine River Delta as it spills into the English Channel. Although much different than it looks today, Le Havre was still a maritime center and a port city of France in the lat 19th Century (or the late 1800s). Monet captures that hustle and bustle of the port well with the abundance of people walking along the banks of the water as well as the large amount of ships docked in the harbor. The visible brushstrokes add to the movement and vivacity of the harbor of Le Havre.
About the Artist
As a founder of French Impressionist painting, Claude Monet used the emotional, painterly brushstrokes to depict the beauty and serenity of the French landscape during the 19th and 20th Centuries (or during the 1800s and 1900s). Monet's landscapes, including his Impression, Sunrise (1872), Mouth of the Seine at Honfleur (1865), and Flowers on the Riverbank at Argenteuil (1877), highlight the movement of light and the passage of time over the landscapes - the passing of both days as well as seasons.
About the Movement
Fishing Boats Leaving the Harbor was composed in the Impressionist Age of art. Impressionism was characterized by extremely loose brushstrokes that were visible throughout the entire painting. This 19th-Century (or 1800s) art movement took landscapes, figures, and objects and incorporated both movement and emotion. Impressionism, in a matter of style, was almost the blending between Cubism and Baroque art; that dramatic and emotional appeal of the Baroque mixed with the inclusion of motion and the passing of time of Cubism. Some of the most famous Impressionist artists included Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Edgar Degas.
Location of Original Work of Art: In a Private Collection