Perhaps he hoped a posting to Algeria (near enough to Morocco) would enable him to study the special light, exotic subject matter and heightened colour that could never be found in France. Monet was shipped off to Algiers in June 1861 where he went through military training and work with horses.
horizontally divided red-white national flag with a white crescent and five stars in the upper hoist corner. The width-to-length ratio of the flag is 2 to 3.
