The Beach in European paintings .ppsx

from Friedrich to Gauguin, through Monet, Renoir and Sorolla
from the boards of Trouville and the ferocity of the cliffs of Amont to the seaside of Palavas and the shores of Tahiti

2. from Friedrich to Gauguin, through Monet, Renoir and Sorolla
from the boards of Trouville and the ferocity of the cliffs of Amontto the seaside of Palavasand the shores of Tahiti

3. The Beach
in Europeanpaintings

4. large sail-powered vehicles drive along
the beach on the Dutch coast of the North Sea ...
reaching speeds of twenty-five miles per hour
a chassis with four large cartwheels
the hull,
two masts whit sails
..
the celebrated sailing chariot, belonged to Prince Maurice,
and was of such wonderful contrivance and velocity,
that it could carry half a dozen people.
Esaiasvan de Velde, circleof
Sand Yacht Race in the Presenceof Prince Maurice of Nassau on Scheveningen
Beach
Course de chars à voile en présence du Prince Maurice de Nassau sur la plage
de Scheveningen.
Carrera de carrosen presenciadelpríncipeMauricio de Nassau
1608
Privatecollection

8. crinolines, waistcoats, sandcastles, donkey
and two telescopes on RamsgateBeach ...
The seaside was a place where the different classes, ages
and sexes could mix without the usual barriers:
a grandmother with a parasol,
a gentleman seated reading a newspaper,
children building sandcastles,
fashionably dressed young ladies,
street entertainers,
vendors
and
a self-portrait: Frithhe is looking over the shoulder
of the man on the far right …
William Powell Frith
Ramsgate Sands or Life at the Seaside
Sables de Ramsgate ou La vie au bord de la mer
Arenasde Ramsgate o la vida a la orilladelmar
1854
Privatecollection

12. the delightful atmosphere of the Étretatbeach ...
bathers,
fashionable women in crinolines,
well-dressed men,
peddlers.
the bathing huts
the splendid still life of heaped clothes
the planks of wood laid on the ground,
a snapshot of social life under the Second Empire
Eugène Lepoittevin
Bathing, Étretat Beach
Les Bains de Mer, Plage d’Étretat
Bañosde mar, playade Étretat
1864
Privatecollection

16. Eugène Boudin's‘Crinoline Beach’ …
impeccable crinolines,
top hats
Eugène Boudin
Beach Sceneat Trouville
Scène de plage à Trouville
Escenade la playaen Trouville
1863
National Galleryof Art, Washington

19. the sea is grey, so is the sky, it's the beach at Trouville ...
two women wearing black hats and dressed in blue and white stripes,
one of them may be Camille Doncieux, Monet's first wife.
and
the clouds, the sky, the sea, the sand
and
bourgeois on this beach
Claude Monet
Sur la plage à Trouville
On the beachin Trouville
En la playade Trouville
1870
Musée MarmottanMonet, Paris

22. Manet he had his wife and his brother pose for him on the beach …
as is shown by the grains of sand mixed with the paint
Suzanne is absorbed in her book,
Eugène gazing out to sea
Édouard Manet
Sur la plage
On the Beach
En la playa
1873
Musée d’Orsay, Paris

25. the light and colourson the bay and the beach of Moulin Huet...
young children bathing among the rocks
... "I've found myself a charming beach here which is quite unlike
our Normandy beaches [..]. They bathe here among the rocks,
which serve as cabins since there is nothing else...
There's nothing more diverting, moving among the rocks,
than to surprise young girls changing to swim
and who -despite being English -are not at all put out ...."
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Enfants au bord de la mer à Guernesey
Childrenon the Seashore, Guernsey
Niñosa la orilladelmaren Guernsey
1883
Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia and Merion, PA

28. the beach also became
a promenade for the bourgeoisie …
Michel Anger
A strollon the beach
Une promenade
Un paseo porla playa
1896
SkagensMuseum, Skagen

31. on a beach in Biarritz, summer of 1906 ...
preparing to take a snapshot.
The camera she holds the lady is probably
the Kodak Folding Pocket Nº 0, the smallest portable model
there was available at the time, which went on sale
as a luxury item in 1902
Joaquín Sorolla
Instantánea, Biarritz
Instantané, Biarritz
Capturingthe moment
1906
MuseoSorolla, Madrid

34. the golden sand of the beach in south-west France ...
awnings,
people,
moored yachts in the distance
Pierre Bonnard
La Plage (Arcachon)
The Beach (Arcachon)
La playa(Arcachon)
1922
Privatecollection

37. a leisurely day at the beach ...
light and color,
the vastness of the blue sky,
figures on the beach in their colourfulattires
Monet's exceptional ability to capture the essence of a moment ...
Claude Monet
Sur les planches de Trouville
The Boardwalkon the Beach at Trouville
El Paseo Marítimoen la Playade Trouville
1870
Privatecollection

40. a pink hued beach …
five men on horseback, two of them have their faces concealed by
hooded jackets or masks,
a women attired in a simple white dress and another female figure
wearing only a sarong
Paul Gauguin
Cavaliers sur la plage (II)
Riders on the Beach (II)
Jinetesen la Playa(II)
1902
Stavros NiarchosCollection

43. the imposing Falaise d'Amontcliff juxtaposed against the tranquil sea ...
each stroke resonates with Monet's appreciation for nature's grandeur,
translating his awe and admiration onto the canvas
Claude Monet
Étretat, La plage et la falaise d'Amont
Étretat, The Beach and the Falaise d’Amont
La playay acantiladosde Amont en Etretat
1885
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

46. the beach of white sands ...
figures on the beach,
boats,
a cloudy, expansive sky
Claude Monet
La plage de Sainte-Adresse
The Beach at Sainte-Adresse
Playade Sainte-Adresse
1867
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

49. a sandy beach ...
a solitary figure standing on the coast facing the immensity of the sea
… inspired by The Monk by the Sea by Caspar David Friedrich
Gustave Coubert
Le Bord de mer a Palavas
The Seasideat Palavas
La playade Palavas
1851
Musée Fabre, Montpellier

52. the early morning sunlight on the MalvarrosaBeach in Valencia …
three women walk on the beach, fisherwomen who,
with their empty baskets,
who come to meet
the three sailing boats that almost fill the horizon
and return from fishing
Joaquín Sorolla
Las tresvelas
Les Trois Voiles
The ThreeSails
1903
Privatecollection

55. near the shore three people sit on rocks ...
and
two sailing ships pursue a ghostly course across the water ...
Caspar David Friedrich
Moonriseby the Sea
Lever de lune sur la mer
La Luna saliendoa la orilladelmar
1822
Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin

58. on the shore, facing the immensity of the ocean,
a fragile and tiny figure ...
a dark sea,
a gray sky
a strip of light sand
and
a monk robed in black
Caspar David Friedrich
The Monk by the Sea
Le Moine au bord de la mer
El monjefrenteal mar
1808-1810
Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin

62. The Beach in European paintings
La plage dans la peinture européenne
La playa en la pintura europea
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