Impressionism and the sea

Works by Monet, Boudin, Signac, Gauguin, Manet and Pissarro trace the history of painters' fascination with the sea.
Born at the water's edge with Claude Monet's Impression, soleil levant (1872 ), Impressionism went beyond beach scenes in Deauville and Trouville to capture docks, shores, cliffs, storms, resorts, light variations and the sea.