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Sisley visited South Wales and married his long-term partner, Eugénie Lescouezec, in Cardiff in the summer of 1897. He painted 20 views of Penarth (where he stayed from 5 July to 15 August) and Langland Bay near Swansea. He was fascinated with the unique geological structure of the cliffs at Penarth and the spectacular tidal fall of the Bristol Channel. This view was painted from the start of the cliff-top walk linking Penarth and Lavernock, looking southwards, with the island of Steep Holm at the left. It is an evening with the light raking sharply from the West, casting a mauvish shadow from the steep cliff over the beach below. This painting formerly belonged to Edmond Decap, the brother-in-law of Sisley's patron François Depeaux, who had business interests in Cardiff.

National Museum Cardiff

Title

The Cliff at Penarth, Evening, Low Tide

Date

1897

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 54.4 x W 65.7 cm

Accession number

NMW A 2695

Acquisition method

purchased at Sotheby's with the assistance of the Art Fund, 1993

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

Stretcher: Label: SOTHEBYS PROPERTY NO. 5156 2 809 93 ITEM NO SUB ITEM Label: 3991 Inscribed: 3991 Label: (fragment) .....20656 .....isley, 1897 Falaise di Penarth .... 5u x 65 Label: (inscribed) Sisley f(?).11407 La falaise a Penarth, le soir maree basse abdd Stencil: 15 Label: (inscribed) Penarth Bristol

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