Snowscape with Cows at Montfoucault
European Art
Snowscape with Cows at Montfoucault
Artwork Details
Artist/Maker
Camille Pissarro
French, 1830–1903
French, 1830–1903
Date
1874
Medium
Oil on canvas
Accession #
2007.128
Dimensions
18 3/4 x 20 1/4 inches
Location
On View - Stent Family Wing, Level 2, Gallery 207
Description
Camille Pissarro’s Snowscape with Cows at Montfoucault depicts the home of fellow artist Ludovic Piette. His limited tonal palette of whites, grays, and greens conveys the stillness of a cold winter day to great effect. The thick application of white paint gives a tangible sense of heavy snow weighing down the barren tree boughs. Pissarro often idealized peasants and portrayed them with dignity in a subtle rebuke of capitalism. The laborers’ muted blue costumes add to the scene’s harmony.
Credit
Purchase with funds from Helen C. Griffith to honor Robert Sherrill Griffith, Jr. and from Joan N. Whitcomb in memory of Taylor StuckeyCheck This Out
-
Bouquet of Flowers (Bouquet de Fleurs),
Bouquet of Flowers (Bouquet de Fleurs)
-
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)
-
Mother Jolly Mending (La Mère Jolly raccommodant),
Mother Jolly Mending (La Mère Jolly raccommodant)
-
Ornamental Lake at Kew Gardens, London (Pièce d’eau à Kew, Londres),
Ornamental Lake at Kew Gardens, London (Pièce d’eau à Kew, Londres)