Low Tide at Pourville, near Dieppe, 1882
Medium
oil on fabric
Dimensions
unframed: 59.9 × 81.3 cm · framed: 65.4 × 106.7 × 10.5 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon
Accession Number
1947.196
Rights
Public Domain
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About this artwork
This is one of several views Monet painted of the cliffs and sand flats of Pourville, a small fishing village on the Normandy coast of France. The title indicates a momentary stage in the continuous cycle of nature, just as the quick, spontaneous application of paint reflects Monet's efforts to capture shifting effects of light, weather, and tide. The paint layers under the beach indicate that this part of the composition originally depicted water, as would have been appropriate for a depiction ...