On the beach

Sur la plage

On the beach

Édouard Manet · 1873

Musée d'Orsay

Paris, France

About this painting

Manet painted his wife and brother on a Berck-sur-Mer beach in 1873, working so directly from life that grains of sand remain mixed into the paint.

Painting Details

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

60 × 73 cm (23.6 × 28.7 in)

Painted at

Berck-sur-Mer, France

Current location

Musée d'Orsay, Paris

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