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PISSARRO, Camille: Le Grand Pont, Rouen, Effect of Rain

🖼 Le Grand Pont, Rouen, Effect of Rain, 1896
Oil on canvas
73 × 92 cm
Karlsruhe, Germany

Wet pavement reflects grey skies above Rouen's arched bridge, where figures hurry through rain rendered in loose, flickering brushstrokes. Pissarro captures fleeting atmospheric effects—a hallmark of Impressionism—transforming an ordinary urban moment into shimmering, ephemeral light.

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E. H. Gombrich
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