James McNeill Whistler stayed in Pourville-sur-Mer,a former French fishing village, for several months in 1899, or composing a number of works. He completed many of the paintings in September or October,after most vacationers would have returned domestic. Grey and Gold: tall Tide at Pourville exudes the off-season melancholy Whistler described in an 1896 letter to his sister-in-law: “A seaside […]
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