Walter Sickert, Degas, Dieppe, and the Monet factor

Walter Sickert's landscapes and townscapes of Dieppe and its immediate area, could be said to account for the major part of his lifetime’s achievement. He explored its churches, its arcaded waterfront, its main square dominated by the statue of Admiral Duquesne, its cafés, and its little shop fronts, returning again and again to the same subjects until he had exhausted their possibilities. In this…