Morning, An Overcast Day, Rouen is a late 19th-century painting by Danish-French artist Camille Pissarro. Done in oil on canvas, the work depicts the industrial cityscape of Rouen, France. The centerpiece of the painting is Boieldieu Bridge, a steel arch bridge which Pissarro painted from his room in a nearby hotel. The painting is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[1]
Morning, An Overcast Day, Rouen | |
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French: Matin, Temps Gris, Rouen | |
Artist | Camille Pissarro |
Year | 1896 |
Subject | Boieldieu Bridge, Rouen |
Dimensions | 54.3 cm × 65.1 cm (21.4 in × 25.6 in) |
Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City |
Pissarro had executed other paintings of the Boieldieu Bridge, in differing weather conditions, on a previous visit to Rouen earlier that year (1896).
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Pont Boieldieu, Sunset, 1896.(Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, UK)
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Pont Boieldieu, Sunset, Smoke, 1896. (Musée d'Orsay, Paris)
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External links
edit- Media related to Morning, An Overcast Day, Rouen by Camille Pissarro at Wikimedia Commons