The Museum at Le Havre, 1873
Oil on canvas
The National Gallery, London, Bequeathed by Helena and
Kenneth Levy, 1990 NG 6527
In preparatory drawings for this composition, Monet positioned himself on a dock directly opposite the harbor and the Musée des Beaux-Arts. Looking across the water, he sketched the façade of the museum and adjoining buildings. The architecture has a solidity and mass that contrasts sharply with the shimmering surface of the water and the sails that seem to tremble in the wind. Destroyed during World War II, the original museum was rebuilt and renamed Musée Malraux.
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