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From Weegee's Coney Island fun-lovers and sun-seekers to Monet's women in full dress, the beach has not only inspired art but been a gauge of social change

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Wind and sand get in your eyes when you look at this astonishingly immediate painterly snapshot of a moment at the seaside. This is a masterpiece of impressionism, and when it was painted its fast, natural, flowing perceptions were utterly removed from what people expected a painting to look like. The beaches of Normandy, especially Trouville, gave the impressionists a perfect arena where middle-class pleasure and unpredictable nature created moments of spontaneity and surprise.

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