Stormy Sea at Étretat

The Stormy Sea in Étretat is an oil on canvas painting by French Impressionism painter Claude Monet, from 1883.

The cliff in the background is at Étretat, (Seine Maritime); Monet frequently stayed in the area during the winter of 1864–65, and wrote: "I spend my time outdoors on the rocks when the weather's rough [...] and of course I work all the time."

[1] Subsequently, the painting was bought by the Parisian dealer Paul Durand-Ruel, and then became the property of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon in 1902.

The central part is invaded by the pearlized surfs painted in forms of commas.

On the left, in the background, the cliff of Étretat can be seen and the rock strata are evoked by horizontal lines of brush.