Village à Dieppe
1843
Medium
Watercolor and gouache on cardboard
Dimensions
sheet: 10 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. (27.3 x 19.7 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Karen B. Cohen Fund, 2003
Accession Number
2003.83
Tags
Art Historical Context
Eugène Isabey'sVillage à Dieppe*1843) captures the charming coastal essence of Dieppe, a Normandy fishing town popular among 19th-century artists. Rendered in watercolor and gouache on, this intimate sheet (10 3/4 x 7 3/4 in.) showcases a cluster of houses nestled in a landscape, evoking the poetry of rural French life. Isabey, a French painter influenced by marine and landscape traditions, often sketched en plein air, infusing his works with atmospheric light and subtle drama. The medium's significance lies in its versatility: watercolor's fluidity conveys misty skies and verdant fields, whi...
About the Artist
Eugène Isabey
Eugène Isabey (1803–1886) was a French painter and lithographer known for his dramatic seascapes, coastal scenes, and historical compositions. Born in Paris, he was the son of the celebrated miniaturist and portraitist Jean-Baptiste Isabey, who provided his early artistic training. The younger Isabey studied briefly with various masters but was largely shaped by his father's studio and by his own ...