For the 7th group exhibition of independent artists, Monet enlists Renoir to install the 35 paintings, so that he can stay at the Norman coast painting. This is the period where he develops the use of broad and loose brushstrokes to indicate the motion of waves.
Claude Monet
The beach at Pourville, sunset 1882
Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris
Gift of Michel Monet, 1966 (inv. 5008)
© Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris,
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