Boat at Low Tide, 1881 (Bateau couché à marée basse) — Monet Postcard

A two-masted sailing boat lies on its side on the wet sand at low tide, riggings still up, while the harbour-front row of Normandy townhouses stretches behind under a busy, broken sky. Signed "Claude Monet 81," this canvas belongs to the Fécamp coast series and turns a simple tidal phenomenon into a study of weather and salt air — the painter's eye drawn as much to the puddles glittering on the strand as to the boat itself. A clear, slightly melancholy card for sailors, coastal readers, and friends who collect French maritime motifs. Browse more works in the Oscar-Claude Monet collection or on the broader painting art postcards shelf.