The Departure of the Boats, Étretat

Look first

Show me

The Departure of the Boats, Étretat, 1885. Oil on canvas.

Oil on canvas · 73.5 × 93.5 cm · Art Institute of Chicago · Impressionism

What do you notice now?

Try a quick sketch

Take a minute to sketch on any paper. No upload needed.

What did you draw first? What did you leave out?

Museum title: The Departure of the Boats, Étretat
Artist: Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)
Date: 1885
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 73.5 × 93.5 cm (28 15/16 × 36 13/16 in.); Framed: 102.3 × 121.7 × 10.8 cm (40 1/4 × 47 7/8 × 4 1/4 in.)
Credit line: Potter Palmer Collection
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1840–1926

Impressionism c. 1860–1900

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.