Matin, temps gris, Rouen (1896)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903)

Matin, temps gris, Rouen (Morning, An Overcast Day, Rouen)
1896
Oil on canvas, 54.3 x 65.1 cm
Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York

While visiting Rouen in spring and fall 1896, Pissarro wrote of his interest in the “motif of the iron bridge on a rainy day, with much traffic, carriages, pedestrians, workers on the quays, boats, smoke, mist in the distance, the whole scene fraught with animation and life.” The present canvas is one of several views of the Boieldieu Bridge, or Grand Pont, that Pissarro painted from a room in the Hôtel d’Angleterre. Its title, Matin, Temps Gris, Rouen (Morning, An Overcast Day, Rouen), is thought to be the artist’s own. (MET)

Compare:

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903)
Le Pont Boieldieu à Rouen, soleil couchant, temps brumeux
1896
Musée des Beaux-ArtsRouen

 

 

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903)
Le pont Boieldieu à Rouen, temps mouillé
1896
Art Gallery of OntarioToronto

 

 

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903)
Le Pont Boieldieu, Rouen, Soleil Couchant
1896
Birmingham MuseumBirmingham

 

 

See also:

• Rouen (France)