The Sea at Le Havre

Impressionist painter Claude Monet (1840-1926), was born in Paris, but spent his childhood near the coast of Le Mer de la Manche in the north of France.  In Le Havre he met a seascape painter Eugene Boudin and from that time he started painting and showing nature full of in light.  Monet painted The Sea at le Havre in 1868.  Small waves caused by the breeze travel on the surface of the sea, which color, is a reflection of the sky.  Impressionists painted nature having as an objective to express light patterns and depict the hues and luminance of the out-of-doors. Monet with his use of light and color created moments of loveliness and serenity understood only by those who have spent time with loved ones near the water.

Claude Monet (1840-1926), The Sea at Le Havre, 1868, French. Oil on canvas. 60.01 × 81.60 cm. Courtesy of the Carnegie Museum of Art (http://www.cmoa.org/), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; purchase, 53.22.

Excerpt from the article by Jeanette M. Smith, MD  JAMA. 2015;313(9):878-879