1873, Camille Pissarro, Hoarfrost -- National Gallery of Art (Washington) (special exhibition)
From the museum/exhibition label:
Société Anonyme 1874, no. 137
Pissarro suffered more than many of his artist compatriots from the tribulations of war and unrest in France. His family abandoned their home in Louveciennes, a western Paris suburb, during the Franco-Prussian War in 1870. Prussian troops commandeered the house and destroyed not only the furnishings but also, most devastatingly, much of the art he left behind. A Jewish immigrant from the Caribbean with little inherited wealth and a growing family, Pissarro struggled most of his life to make a living and advance his career.
In this painting, he focuses on the diagonals of a row of leafless trees casting crisscrossed shadows over the furrows. The hoarfrost glitters in the glacial air, knitting the scene together in a color harmony of yellows, blues, and greens.
1873, Camille Pissarro, Hoarfrost -- National Gallery of Art (Washington) (special exhibition)
From the museum/exhibition label:
Société Anonyme 1874, no. 137
Pissarro suffered more than many of his artist compatriots from the tribulations of war and unrest in France. His family abandoned their home in Louveciennes, a western Paris suburb, during the Franco-Prussian War in 1870. Prussian troops commandeered the house and destroyed not only the furnishings but also, most devastatingly, much of the art he left behind. A Jewish immigrant from the Caribbean with little inherited wealth and a growing family, Pissarro struggled most of his life to make a living and advance his career.
In this painting, he focuses on the diagonals of a row of leafless trees casting crisscrossed shadows over the furrows. The hoarfrost glitters in the glacial air, knitting the scene together in a color harmony of yellows, blues, and greens.