# Camaret, Moonlight and Fishing Boats

By [Maximilien Luce](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/artists/maximilien-luce.md>), 1894.

Violet water, a yellow moon, and sharply angled boats create a structurally lucid maritime nocturne.

## Details

- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 72.4 × 92.1 cm
- Collection: [Saint Louis Art Museum](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/galleries/gallery-c4d6a0836f7eb7e5.md>)

[View collection record](<https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/29637/>)

- Categories: Painting
- Styles: [Post-Impressionism](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/post-impressionism.md>), [Pointillism](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/pointillism.md>)

## Image

![Fishing boats with angled masts rest on violet water beneath a luminous yellow moon.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/source-d3c0613fdcdd8cac-91439510589a1e66/full.jpg?v=05716467e5d59e64bcd1e67c1d00757cc4fa3e7d0533594c9db2643caa91f1c5>)

## Sources & credits

- Saint Louis Art Museum via Wikimedia Commons; public domain.
- Museum Purchase; Saint Louis Art Museum
- [Image source](<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maximilien_Luce_-_Camaret,_Moonlight_and_Fishing_Boats_-_29-1998_-_Saint_Louis_Art_Museum.jpg>)
- Artwork metadata based on Saint Louis Art Museum collection records; image provenance is recorded per artwork.

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