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Tourists Seaside Resort

Hotel, Trouville, France
1870 TF187020

Costume
   White and pastel-colored long dresses, jackets and trousers.

   None.

Actions
   Those staying at the seaside Hotel des Roches Noires either stand in the shade or lounge in the beach chairs (1).

Commentary
   Monet's rendering of this English Channel beach resort captures both the architecture and costumes of the period, but also his painterly impressions.

Source
   Claude Monet, "L'Hotel des Roches Noires a Trouville." Source is Institute Francaise d'Architecture, Trouville, Pierre Mardaga Editions, Rue Saint-Vincent, 12-4020 Liege, Galerie des Princes 2-4, 1000 Brussels, 1989, p. 77. Musee d'Orsay, Paris. 1 picture.
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