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Low Tide at Pourville, near Dieppe, 1882

1882

Claude Monet

(French, 1840–1926)
Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
oil on fabric
Measurements
Framed: 65.4 x 106.7 x 10.5 cm (25 3/4 x 42 x 4 1/8 in.); Unframed: 59.9 x 81.3 cm (23 9/16 x 32 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon 1947.196
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Location
On view at The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, Oct 10, 2025 - Feb 1, 2026
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To the right of the painting, the cliff which borders the Pourville Beach is painted in light yellow with divided strokes of color to indicate reflections in the water. In contrast, large horizontal strokes accented in dark blue depict the movement of the waves.

Description

This is one of several views Claude Monet painted of Pourville, a fishing village on the north coast of France in Normandy. Pourville featured a boardwalk, a broad beach, and stunning cliffs. According to the artist's correspondence, the village was nothing special, but he was inspired by the landscape: "One could not be any closer to the sea than I am, on the pebbled beach itself and the waves beat at the foot of the house." During the spring of 1882 in Pourville, Monet stayed in a small hotel similar to the dwellings seen at the foot of the cliff to the right in this painting.
Oil painting divided horizontally with water in the lower half and clear, blue sky in the upper half, a cliff jutting halfway across the composition from the left. The cliff has a peach, cream, and yellow streaking face and undulating grass green top, all these colors streaking among the fragmented blue strokes of the water as its reflection. Black specks like people stand along the narrow beach. Peach sand dunes undulate on the left horizon.

Low Tide at Pourville, near Dieppe, 1882

1882

Claude Monet

(French, 1840–1926)
France, 19th century

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