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MONET, Claude: The „Pyramides“ at Port-Coton

🖼 The „Pyramides“ at Port-Coton, 1886
Oil on canvas
63 × 81 cm
Moscow, Russia

Jagged rock formations pierce misty sea spray in bold, broken brushstrokes capturing fleeting light. Monet's series of Port-Coton's dramatic cliffs pioneered his systematic study of how atmosphere and time transform landscape perception into pure optical sensation.

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