Rocks at Port-Goulphar, Belle-Île
Claude Monet
1886
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 66 × 81.8 cm (26 × 32 3/16 in.); Framed: 83.9 × 100.4 × 9.9 cm (33 × 39 1/2 × 3 7/8 in.)
- Genre
- painting
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
oil paintings (visual works)paintingsummernineteenth centuryblue (color)19th centurypaintcanvasImpressionismislandblueSkyoil on canvasfrenchwateroil paint (paint)painting (image making)painting techniquesreflectionscloudslandscapesrocksoil paintingeuropean paintingweather/seasons
About
Belle-Île, a small island off the southern shore of Brittany, was known for its dramatic cliffs, rock formations, and grottoes. As he often did, Claude Monet misjudged the time he would need to explore and capture the beauty of the place, which he variously called “lugubrious,” “terrifying,” and “very beautiful.” He came for two weeks and stayed for more than two months. This canvas is one of a group depicting the frieze of rock formations known as Port-Goulphar.
