Sea View, Calm Weather (Vue de mer, temps calme) — Daily Hue for July 13, 2026
Édouard Manet · 1864 · Art Institute of Chicago
Hidden color: Dark Muted Sky (#3b7777)
About this puzzle
Although boldly brushed and almost calligraphic in form, the vessels in this composition remain identifiable as specific types. To the right of center, a side-wheel packet steamer heads up the English Channel, leaving slower sailing boats in its wake. This is one of Édouard Manet’s earliest paintings of the sea, a subject to which he returned repeatedly. He painted it in Paris along with two or three other works based on sketches he made on a vacation with his family in the northern French port of Boulogne-sur-Mer.