Cliff Walk at Pourville, 1882
Oil on canvas
The Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Coburn
Memorial Collection 1933.443
During his summer visit to Pourville, Monet continued to produce dramatic cliff-top compositions. (See
View over the Sea of 1882) Two figures—possibly two of Alice Hoschedé’s daughters—venture toward the cliff’s windswept edge, taking in the exhilarating view. The day is bright; sunlight illuminates the hillside, which is alive in a kaleidoscope of colors. The network of brushstrokes on the hillside is dynamic and agitated, as though affected by the elemental forces of wind and water.
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Low Tide at Pourville, near Dieppe, 1882
