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This is a view of the coast at Palavas-les-Flots, a fishing village south of Montpellier. The picture is similar to seascapes that Gustave Courbet painted there during his several visits to Montpellier in the 1850s. In particular, there are resemblances to his small painting The Seaside at Palavas (Musée Fabre, Montpellier). Painted in 1854, that work was commissioned by Alfred Bruyas during Courbet’s first visit. It shows Courbet, or perhaps Bruyas, standing on a deserted beach greeting the sea and may have been inspired in part by Caspar David Friedrich’s Monk by the Sea (Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin). However, this slightly larger painting is not accepted as a work by Courbet despite the signature G. Courbet in the lower right corner.
Title
The Sea near Palavas
Date
1850-1900
Medium
Oil on canvas
Measurements
H 43.2 x W 60 cm
Accession number
NG2767
Acquisition method
Presented in memory of William Lomas, 1911
Work type
Painting
