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A subject painted in an exquisite tonality, the prevailing note being the dull red in the sails of the fishing boats, which is carried out in the duller reds and accented by the dull yellows of the shadowed quay. The green of the bay is also kept low in key, the tide having the slow movement of oil in the almost breathless air. The busy fishermen give the touch of sympathetic intimacy to this everyday scene at Concarneau.