Curatorial Narrative Les falaises de la cte d’Albtre dans le pays de Caux by Andr-Paul Leroux is a pivotal work within the Impressionist movement of 1914, marking a significant shift towards a more expressive and spontaneous approach to landscape painting. Leroux’s application of impasto technique imbues the work with a tactile quality, as if the paint itself has been sculpted into three-dimensional forms that undulate across the canvas like the very waves he sought to capture. The artist’s deliberate manipulation of texture not only serves to create a sense of depth and dimension but also emphasizes the dynamism inherent in his subject matter. When enlarged to 57×44, Leroux’s palette is revealed to be a masterful balancing act between the cool blues and greens of the sea and sky, and the warm yellows and whites of the rocky shoreline. This chromatic structure creates a sense of tension that underscores the ever-shifting spatial r