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Camille Pissarro

Field and Mill at Osny, 1884

Now On View

Description

Maker

  • Camille Pissarro, 1830-1903, French

Title

Field and Mill at Osny

Year

1884

Medium

Oil on canvas

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • oil paint

Supports

  • canvas

Dimensions

54.3 x 65.6 cm (21 3/8 x 25 13/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed and dated LR:C. Pissarro. 84

Place

France

Type

  • Paintings

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Houghton P. Metcalf in memory of her husband, Houghton P. Metcalf

Object Number

72.096

Projects & Publications

Publications

Selected Works

European Paintings and Sculpture, ca. 1770 - 1937

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Inventing Impressionism

October 21, 2016 - June 11, 2017

Pissarro established the organizational guidelines that launched the first Impressionist exhibition and served as a mentor to younger artists in the 1870s and 1880s. In this painting, he carefully represents a farmyard near his home outside Paris without calling attention to any single element in the scene. The landscape is threaded by a slender stream that curves along a tree-lined path and separates a cluster of buildings from a pasture where cattle graze. Although tilted toward the foreground, the construction of space suggests measurable, perspectival depth. Pissarro’s craftsman-like technique is visible in his small, tight brushstrokes and the subtle variation of greens and browns that respond to nature’s palette.

European Painting and Sculpture, circa 1770-1937

October 18, 1991 - January 26, 1992

European Galleries

In this painting, Pissarro carefully represents a farmyard near his home outside Paris without calling attention to any single element in the scene. The landscape is threaded by a slender stream that curves along a tree-lined path and separates a cluster of buildings from a pasture where cattle graze. Although tilted toward the foreground, the construction of space suggests measurable, perspectival depth. Pissarro’s meticulous technique is visible in his small, tight brushstrokes and his subtle variation of greens and browns.

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