Fécamp introduction: Fécamp lies 39 north-east of Le Havre (iR9).
10km to the north lies Les Petites Dalles.
1km to the south lies Grainval.
Another 2km south lies Yport. Claude Monet painted here, but also Berthe Morisot, Paul Signac and Émile Schuffenecker.
On this page you will find several paintings and when possible with indications of the location.
You will also find some additonal information. Note: Additional info and pictures will be added.
Monet and Fécamp:
In the Spring of 1881 Claude Monet stayed in Fécamp and nearby Grainval and Les Petites-Dalles.
In Fécamp Monet painted the harbour with boats stranded at low tide (CR644 +645).
Monet namely painted the coast with the cliffs in Fécamp and nearby Grainval : CR646-663 (iR3+iR182).
Claude Monet: 7IE-1882-64, Bateau échoué. Option 1 of 2: 1881, CR644, Boat lying at low tide (at Fécamp), 80×60, Tokyo FAM (iR2;iR8;R22,no644;R2,p394) Provenance: Lambert; Durand-Ruel (1888). Expos: Boston-CG-1891-IP-9; Pittsburgh-Carnegie-1908-12th-221.
Claude Monet: 7IE-1882-64, Bateau échoué. Option 2 of 2: CR645, 1881, Boats lying at low tide at Fécamp, 80×66, private (iRx;R22,no645;R90II,p205+220;R2,p395) Provenance: Durand-Ruel (1881/05); Atmore Pope (1892/12); Durand-Ruel (1893-1927ca). Expos: DRNY1895-64; DRNY-1907-23; DRNY-1911-9; DRNY-1914-8; San Francisco-PPIE-1915-2813; DRNY-1923-3.
Other painters at Fécamp: Morisot also painted in Fécamp during a holiday in 1873. Signac painted here in 1886.
Berthe Morisot: 1IE-1874-110, Sur la falaise (aquarelle) = 1873, CR622, On the cliff, wc, 18×23, DAG Louvre (Orsay) (iR10;iR94;iR166;iR59;R2,p122;R90II,p26+10;M1;M5a) (Edma Pontillon-Morisot with Jeanne (b.1870) in Fécamps.
Paul Signac: 1886/10, CR132, op146, Fécamp, temps gris, 46×56, A2009/02/05 (iR11;R106,no132) =3SdI-1887-455, La Jetée nord
Grainval: Grainval lies 38km north-east of Le Havre (iR9). See page with many pictures Monet made here (iR422).
Some pictures depict a view from Grainval towards Fécamp, with the Cap Fagnet in the distance and the church Notre-Dame-du-Salut.
Claude Monet: 7IE-1882-77, À Grainval, près de Fécamps =CR653, 1881, SDbr, At Grainval near Fécamps, 61×80, private (iR51;iR2;R22,no653;R90II,p206+222;R2,p395+404) Provenance: 1881/04 Durand-Ruel. Expos: =4EIP-1885-74; =3XX-1886-8; =New York-NAD-1886-297; DRNY-1902-12; New York-Metropolitan-1921-73. Info: view towards Fécamp with the Cap Fagnet and the Notre-Dame-du-Salut church.
Claude Monet: 7IE-1882-61, Sur la falaise à Grainval =? CR655, 1881, View taken from Grainval, 61×81, private (iR2;iR51;R22,no655;R90II,p204+219;R2,p395) Provenance: Durand-Ruel (?1881/05); Georges Petit (1883); Vail Kellen (1905ca). Expos: Boston-CH-1905-MR-24; Boston-MFA-1911-24. Info: Cap Fagnet in the background.
Claude Monet: 7IE-1882-87, Du haut des falaises à Fécamp =!? CR656, 1881, The Cliff at Fécamp, 64×80, Aberdeen AGM (iR51;iR2;R22,no656;R2,p394;M68) Provenance: Durand-Ruel (1881/05); Bérard (1882/04). Expo: London-Lefevre-1924-19th. Info: view from Grainval towards the Cap Fagnet in Fécamp.
From Fécamp looking south: Some pictures depict a view along the Normandy coast from Fécamp towards (Grainval and) Yport.
Claude Monet: CR647, 1881, SDbl, Seascape (marine) near Fécamp, 60×81, private (iR2;R22,no647;R2,p394) Provenance: Durand-Ruel (?1881/05); Petit (1883/09); Girard; Durand-Ruel (1888). Expo: =?? 7IE-1882-74, Marine. Info: view from Fécamp towards Yport.
Claude Monet: 7IE-1882-76, Etude de mer vue des hauteurs =1881, CR649, Sea study seen from the cliffs, 60×81, private (iR10;iR135;R22,no649;R90II,p206+221;R2,p395) Provenance: Durand-Ruel (1881/05); Davis; Durand-Ruel (1893). Expos: DRNY-17; Pittsburgh-1911-15th-175. Info: view from Fécamp towards Yport.
Claude Monet: 7IE-1882-67, La mer du haut des falaises =CR648, 1881, The Sea seen from the cliffs, 60×75, private (iR2;iR51;R22,no648;R90II,p205+220;R2,p395+385) Provenance: Durand-Ruel (1881/05). Expos: DRNY1911/12-12. Info: view from Fécamp towards Yport.
Claude Monet: 7IE-1882-66, Marée basse, vue prise sur les falaises =!? CR650, Calm weather, Fécamp, 60×74, Km Basel (iR2;iR51;R22,no650;R90II,p205+220;R2,p395;M145) Provenance: Durand-Ruel (1881/05); Knoedler; Durand-Ruel (1908). Expos: Dresden-1909; Vienna-1910-31; Munich-1914-48; DR1914-22. Info: view towards Yport.
Claude Monet: 7IE-1882-83, Le matin au bord de la mer =CR651, 1881, Morning by the sea, 61×81, private (iR51;iR2;R22,no651;R90II,p206+223;R2,p395) Provenance: Durand-Ruel (1881/05); Potter Palmer (1893). Expo: New York-NAD-1887-152. Info: view from Fécamp towards Yport.
Yport:
Yport lies 36 km north-east of Le Havre (iR9). See page with some pastels Monet made here (iR422). Schuffenecker also painted here.
Émile Schuffenecker: 1889, Les Ramasseuses de varech (seaweed gatherers), 82×66, Axx (iR6;iR41;iR10;iR35) =V1889-61, Ramasseuses de varech, Yport (aR1=iR19) =!? SdI-1935-?20, Ramasseuses de Varech, 1888 (R54,p228)
Émile Schuffenecker: 1889, Les Ramasseuses de varech (seaweed gatherers), dr, xx, AI Chicago (iR6;aR1=iR19;R54,no70;M20) Compare: V1889-61, Ramasseuses de varech, Yport (aR1=iR19) =!? SdI-1935-?20, Ramasseuses de Varech, 1888 (R54,p228)
Les Petites Dalles: Les Petites Dalles lie 49km north-east of Le Havre (iR9).
See page with many pictures Monet made here (iR422).
September 1880 Monet stayed a short time in Les Petites-Dalles and painted CR621-624 (iR3+iR182).
In 1881 Monet painted CR664-665b (iR3+iR182).
August 1884 Monet also stayed a short time in Les Petites-Dalles, where his brother Léon used to take his holidays (R22,CR903-906).
Claude Monet: 7IE-1882-73, Falaises des petites dalles. Option 1 of 2: CR621, 1880, The Cliffs of Les Petites-Dalles, 59×75, MFA Boston (iR51;iR2;R22,no621;R90II,p205+221;R2,p395+384;M22) Provenance: Durand-Ruel (1881/02); Waldo Ross (1894). Expos: New York-NAD-1887-153; Boston-SBC-1899-4; Boston-CH-1905-MR-12; Boston-MFA-1911-22.
Claude Monet: 7IE-1882-73, Falaises des petites dalles. Option 2 of 2: CR665, 1881, SDbl, Cliffs of Les Petites-Dalles, 60×81, unknown (iR10;iR94;R22,no665;R90II,p205+221;R2,p395) Provenance: Durand-Ruel (1881/05); Lambert; Durand-Ruel (1895). Expos: Boston-SBC-1899-3; Pittsburgh-1912-16th-222.
Recommanded citation: “Impressionism, locations where the ‘impressionists’ did paint: Fécamp and surroundings. Last modified 2026/07/14. https://www.impressionism.nl/fecamp/”
