Dieppe: Duquesne Basin at Low Tide, Afternoon

Camille Pissarro

1902

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ivanier, inv. 1982.24

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

A low tide scene depicts a waterfront town with buildings lining the shore and a muddy expanse in the foreground where a group of figures are gathered. The sky is overcast with clouds. A low tide scene depicts a waterfront town with buildings lining the shore and a muddy expanse in the foreground where a group of figures are gathered. The sky is overcast with clouds. Born in the West Indies, Camille Pissarro settled in Paris in 1855, where he met Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot and became fascinated by painting. He exhibited with Edouard Manet, among others, at the Salon des Refusés in 1863, and became acquainted with Claude Monet, Auguste Renoir and Paul Cézanne, with whom he would develop a lasting friendship. In 1902, on the eve of his departure for Normandy, Pissarro, the Impressionist master, wrote: “Dieppe is an