Beach at Trouville
Claude Monet (1870)
Beach at Trouville turns the Normandy resort into a stage where <strong>modern leisure</strong> meets <strong>restless weather</strong>. Monet’s diagonal boardwalk, wind-whipped <strong>red flags</strong>, and white <strong>parasols</strong> marshal the eye through a day animated by light and air rather than by individual stories <sup>[1]</sup><sup>[2]</sup>. The work asserts Impressionism’s claim to immediacy—there is even <strong>sand embedded in the paint</strong> from working on site <sup>[1]</sup>.
