Low Tide at Pourville, near Dieppe, 1882

Monet painted ‘Low Tide at Pourville, near Dieppe, 1882’. It’s an oil on fabric, depicting jagged coastal rocks meeting the sea. The scene captures the interplay between the land’s cragginess and the water’s motion. Cleveland Museum of Art.

The painting is part of a series Monet created during a seven-week stay in Pourville. This Normandy town near Dieppe inspired many of his works during early 1882.

Monet often painted outdoors, capturing natural light and landscapes directly. This work is typical of his focus on transient atmospheric effects.

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, https://clevelandart.org/art/1947.196

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