Steamboats in the Port of Rouen 1896

Camille Pissarro's "Steamboats in the Port of Rouen" (1896) depicts a bustling scene on the Seine River in Rouen, France. Pissarro, a leading Impressionist painter, captures the hazy atmosphere of the port with short, broken brushstrokes and a light palette. The painting focuses on the steamboats, their billowing smoke contrasting with the pale sky and river. The bustling activity of the port, filled with boats and dockworkers, is suggested through Pissarro's signature pointillist technique, which uses small dots of color to create a sense of movement and light. This painting is currently on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.