Daubigny first visited Villerville in 1854 and returned each year thereafter. He built a lean-to hut for shelter and is known to have painted at least one of his large- scale paintings of the coast entirely on the spot. He wrote: <blockquote class="templatequote language">  
<p>     I look at the sea, and it is so beautiful that I have no desire to go anywhere else. . . . I          have seen sunsets that make those of [the French Baroque painter] Claude Lorrain           seem very dull. 
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In this sunset view, the range of colors in the sky, from pinks to lilacs to yellows, highlights Daubigny's ability as a colorist.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Charles-Fran%C3%A7ois_Daubigny" class="extiw" title="w:en:Charles-François Daubigny"><span title="French painter (1817-1878)">Charles-François Daubigny</span></a>
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circa 1865 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1865-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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