# The Rocks of Belle Ile \(Rough Sea\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MONET, Claude](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/monet-claude-r4339ec6b2f1eab>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 65 x 82 cm

## Commentary

At Etretat in Normandy Monet was fascinated by the sheer cliffs and the bizarre shape of the Manneporte, an arch of rock. He returned to the subject over several years, and to the jagged crags and stormy Atlantic at Belle-Ile-en-Mer in Brittany. Using Impressionist dabs to establish an irregular pattern was almost as important in such work as recording a striking view.

## Related artworks

- [A Cart on the Snowy Road at Honfleur](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/monet-claude-r4339ec6b2f1eab/a-cart-on-the-snowy-road-at-honfleur-rbf5c82b44207e0>)
- [A Corner of the Hoschedé Garden at Montgeron](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/monet-claude-r4339ec6b2f1eab/a-corner-of-the-hosched-garden-at-montgeron-r8454adf5316253>)
- [A Field of Poppies](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/monet-claude-r4339ec6b2f1eab/a-field-of-poppies-r2222297b613cf0>)
- [Argenteuil](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/monet-claude-r4339ec6b2f1eab/argenteuil-r1f10dec991f87e>)
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- [Boats on the Beach at Étretat](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/monet-claude-r4339ec6b2f1eab/boats-on-the-beach-at-tretat-r7143a927a53129>)
- [Bordighera](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/monet-claude-r4339ec6b2f1eab/bordighera-r59b1b447d26dfb>)
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- [Bouquet of Flowers](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/monet-claude-r4339ec6b2f1eab/bouquet-of-flowers-rd02bbcea2ee9c8>)
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## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)