Road to Marly
European Art
Road to Marly
Artwork Details
Artist/Maker
Camille Pissarro
French, 1830–1903
French, 1830–1903
Date
ca. 1870
Medium
Oil on canvas
Accession #
2001.1
Dimensions
15 x 18 1/8 inches
Location
On View - Stent Family Wing, Level 2, Gallery 207
Description
Camille Pissarro painted this tranquil scene soon after joining his friends and fellow Impressionists Monet, Renoir, and Sisley in the countryside northwest of Paris, where they had recently settled. As a group, the artists combined inspiration from past generations with their own innovative ideas to create a style characterized by bold, broken brushwork and shimmering color. With unprecedented freshness, Pissarro captured the atmosphere of a lazy, rural afternoon. The trees’ leafless branches suggest winter or early spring.
Credit
Purchase with High Museum of Art Enhancement Fund, funds from the Livingston Foundation, Hambrick Bequest, Alfred Austell Thornton in memory of Leila Austell Thornton and Albert Edward Thornton, Sr., and Sarah Miller Venable and William Hoyt Venable, the Phoenix Society, Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Dobson, and Joan N. WhitcombCheck This Out
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Snowscape with Cows at Montfoucault,
Snowscape with Cows at Montfoucault
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Ornamental Lake at Kew Gardens, London (Pièce d’eau à Kew, Londres),
Ornamental Lake at Kew Gardens, London (Pièce d’eau à Kew, Londres)
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Peasant Seen from the Back in the Underbrush at Moret (Paysan vu de dos dans un sous-bois, Moret),
Peasant Seen from the Back in the Underbrush at Moret (Paysan vu de dos dans un sous-bois, Moret)
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Mother Jolly Mending (La Mère Jolly raccommodant),
Mother Jolly Mending (La Mère Jolly raccommodant)