In the more distant stones, violet is mixed with orange tones to show the properties of the earth and the reflective blue color of the sky.
One of the most famous artistic styles in Monet's impressionism is the use of more gentle strokes creates a simple sense of light and shadow and also reinforces the perspective effect.
Monet uses short, discontinuous brushstrokes overlapped with each other, expressively depicting the main bodies of the painting, the swaying sea level, the huge waves, and the rugged rocks.
The sky is stacked with invisible brushstrokes, but a combination of dark blue and warm yellow with a pink tone, presenting the information of time, and the hazy gesture of clouds.
[2] Their style is characterized by loose, visible brushstrokes, vibrant and unmixed colors, and an emphasis on outdoor scenes (Plein air paintings) that embrace time—spontaneity and immediacy—reflecting the desire to portray everyday life with emotional resonance and sensory depth.
According to Paul Hayes Tucker's research on Monet's Argenteuil era, the artist's fascination with marine motifs sprang from his childhood on the coast of Normandy, as seen by the abundance of paintings he created featuring rivers, seas, and boats.
[1] Monet's Normandy shore paintings, especially the ones that highlight low tides, cliffs, and rocks, frequently convey a feeling of peace and alone, casting the viewer in the role of an isolated observer of the expanse of nature.
All four paintings depict similar scenes and subjects, apparently showing local fishermen catching shellfish in exposed tidal pools as fishing fleets head out to sea.
[7] Capturing the dynamics of the lives of a small number of inhabitants as part of the Normandy coast there is also evidence of Monet's changing style of painting during the 1880s period.
In his paintings, he evokes a lonely, even semi-mystical meditation on nature, a feeling that corresponds to an idealized, highly mediated view of these regions, as he resolutely masks any symbols of human invasion through tourism or the process of modernization.
[9] Monet began to experiment with special compositional methods, as well as focusing on vast sky and water combined scenes to show changes in light and delicate emotional expression, which can be reflected in multiple Normandy Coast series.
[7] The works of this period were influenced by the rapid industrialization of Paris and focused on scenes in which large numbers of people gathered in the city to communicate.
Famous examples include the Boulevard des Capucines series which shows the bustling crowds in Paris, and the train station scene with rapid industrial development.
Monet developed techniques to capture the interaction of light and the atmosphere in a more sophisticated way, emphasizing the ephemeral effects of weather and time.
Monet's work in the 1880s and 1890s showed a deep unity of elements such as sky, sea, and land, creating a seamless sense of time and space.
His use of color became more hallucinatory and dreamy, mixing scene elements in unnatural ways, such as turning grass into smoky powder tones.
[6] Monet's works during the 1880s and 1890s show a deepening engagement with the unification of elements like sky, sea, and land, creating a seamless sense of time and space.
[1] Tucker mentioned that Monet's Normandy shore paintings, especially the ones that highlight low tides, cliffs, and rocks, frequently convey a feeling of peace and alone, casting the viewer in the role of an isolated observer of the expanse of nature.