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The Church at Varengeville, Morning Effect is the most powerful work Monet created while on a painting campaign in Varengeville [1]in 1882. The church of Saint-Valery is a Romanesque medieval church, built in the 12th-century, perched dramatically near the edge of a towering cliff. It has long been a mariners' church and many generations of local fisherman are buried in the cemetery.
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Symbols of the sea, such as shells, were used to decorate the church. This detail shows part of a column in the nave.
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Monet painted the church of Saint-Valery many times, but the fierceness of his brush strokes in this work distiguish it from his other paintings.
The church of Saint-Valery is famous for its Tree of Jesse stained-glass window designed by the painter George Braque. Braque was a contemporary of Pablo Picasso and a co-innovator of cubism.
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George Braque lived and died at Varengeville-sur-mer. He and his wife are buried in the cemetery of Saint-Valery. Their tomb is decorated with a mosaic inspired by the colors of Normandy.
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