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MONET, Claude: The Manneporte (Étretat)

🖼 The Manneporte (Étretat), 1883
Oil on canvas
65 × 81 cm
New York, USA

Soft lavender and golden light wash across a dramatic limestone arch rising from turbulent seas. Monet captures fleeting atmospheric effects through layered brushwork, pioneering Impressionism's focus on light and perception over precise detail.

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