Crystal Palace (1871)
Depicted by Camille Pissarro during the years he spent while resident in Norwood, South London during the early 1870s. The painting is on display at the Art Institute of Chicago.
My friend Pippa, a connoisseur of fine art, lives near to this scene. I sent her a copy of the Pissarro scene and asked her how the present-day view compares. Crystal Palace itself was destroyed in a 1936 blaze, but Pippa says that the villas opposite have been replaced by modern apartments. Those villas may have been destroyed by the V1 and V2 bombs that fell in the area.
Pippa also says that a blue plaque outside 77 Westow Hill commemorates Pissarro’s London stay. It is next to the Westow House pub, where Pippa, I and other friends enjoyed a drink a few years back.
Crystal Palace (1871)
Depicted by Camille Pissarro during the years he spent while resident in Norwood, South London during the early 1870s. The painting is on display at the Art Institute of Chicago.
My friend Pippa, a connoisseur of fine art, lives near to this scene. I sent her a copy of the Pissarro scene and asked her how the present-day view compares. Crystal Palace itself was destroyed in a 1936 blaze, but Pippa says that the villas opposite have been replaced by modern apartments. Those villas may have been destroyed by the V1 and V2 bombs that fell in the area.
Pippa also says that a blue plaque outside 77 Westow Hill commemorates Pissarro’s London stay. It is next to the Westow House pub, where Pippa, I and other friends enjoyed a drink a few years back.