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Look through the crossing pine trunks for glimpses of the town and sea, partly hidden behind the trees.
Monet first visited this Italian Riviera town with Renoir in December 1883 and returned alone the next month to paint. His planned three-week stay stretched to nearly three months as he worked to capture the unfamiliar light and dense vegetation.
Oil on canvas · 65 × 80.8 cm · Art Institute of Chicago · Impressionism
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Details and source
- Museum title
- Bordighera
- Artist
- Claude Monet
- Date
- 1884
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 65 × 80.8 cm (25 5/8 × 31 13/16 in.)
- Credit line
- Potter Palmer Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.