Daubigny first visited villerville in 1854 and returned each year thereafter. He built a lean-to hut for shelter and is known to have painted at least one of his large- scale paintings of the coast entirely on the spot. He wrote:
i look at the sea, and it is so beautiful that i have no desire to go anywhere else. I have seen sunsets that make those of [the french baroque painter] claude lorrain seem very dull. In this sunset view, the range of colors in the sky, from pinks to lilacs to yellows, highlights daubigny's ability as a colorist. Object Type: painting. Genre: marine art. Date: circa 1865. Place of creation: Villerville. Dimensions: height: 93.4 cm (36.7 in); width: 150.5 cm (59.2 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted Place: Villerville. Collection: Walters Art Museum. Charles François Daubigny - Sunset on the Coast at Villerville - Walters 3717
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