Monet at Étretat | Jul 1 – Oct 17 | Seattle Art Museum

Meet Monet at a pivotal moment in his pursuit of impressions in "Monet at Étretat" at Seattle Art Museum. This focused exhibition places SAM’s Monet painting, "Fishing Boats at Étretat," within the larger landscape of this important painter’s artistic development. During the 1880s tensions in the artist’s life and increasing financial pressure to produce marketable work took Monet to the seaside town of Étretat on the Normandy Coast, well known as a destination for tourists and artists. This period of artistic frustration and self-doubt turned out to be fruitful in a way he could not imagine at the time. In 10 paintings created by Monet and 12 works by other artists of his era, this exhibition sheds light on an oft-overlooked period of growth in Monet’s life that created the myth of a man Guy De Maupassant described as “no longer a painter but truly a hunter . . . in pursuit of impressions.”
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MONET AT ÉTRETAT
Jul 1 – Oct 17 2021
Seattle Art Museum
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