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Low Tide at Pourville, near Dieppe
Claude Monet, 1882
In the spring of 1882 Claude Monet stayed in Pourville, a fishing village on the north coast of France, in Normandy. The village had a boardwalk, a broad beach and tall cliffs. According to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Monet wrote in his letters that the village was nothing special, but the landscape inspired him.
He also wrote about how close he was to the sea: on the pebble beach itself, with the waves beating at the foot of the house. In this painting, the small hotel-like houses at the base of the cliff on the right are similar to the one where he stayed.
The view is wide, about 60 by 81 centimetres, and shows the tide out and the sand and rock exposed. Monet liked such moments, when the colours of the shore are laid bare and change with every cloud.
From the museum record
| Artist | Claude Monet |
|---|---|
| Date | 1882 |
| Medium | Oil on fabric |
| Size | Unframed: 59.9 x 81.3 cm |
| Museum | The Cleveland Museum of Art |
| Credit line | Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon |
| Accession number | 1947.196 |
| Licence | Open Access (CC0) |
Source: The Cleveland Museum of Art collection record. Facts such as dates, sizes and credit lines come from that record. The write-up above was drafted with AI assistance and checked against the museum record and standard references. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.
