Artwork

Snowy landscape at Eragny with an apple tree

Snowy landscape at Eragny with an apple tree, by Camille Pissarro, oil, 1898
Snowy landscape at Eragny with an apple tree, by Camille Pissarro, oil, 1898

Snowy landscape at Eragny with an apple tree is an oil painting by Camille Pissarro. It dates from 1898 and is held in the collection of the Fitzwilliam Museum.

About this work

Overview

Snowy landscape at Eragny with an apple tree is a 1898 oil painting by Camille Pissarro, depicting a serene winter landscape with an apple tree, bare trees, and a distant snow-covered village.

Subject & Meaning

The painting captures a tranquil winter scene, focusing on the natural beauty of snow-clad landscapes and the subtle presence of rural life in the background, reflecting Pissarro's interest in everyday landscapes.

Technique & Style

Characterized by quick, loose brushstrokes, the work employs a predominantly pale color palette with touches of pinkish hue in the sky, blending Impressionist spontaneity with the emerging Neo-Impressionist approach Pissarro adopted in his later career.

History & Provenance

Created in 1898, during Pissarro's Neo-Impressionist phase, influenced by collaborations with Georges Seurat and Paul Signac, the painting is now part of the Fitzwilliam Museum's collection.

Context

Reflecting Pissarro's evolution from his early training under Courbet and Corot, this work situates itself at the crossroads of Impressionism and Neo-Impressionism, capturing the transition in the artist's technique and style.

Artist & collection

Portrait of Camille Pissarro

Artist

Camille Pissarro

Jacob Abraham Camille Pissarro ( piss-AR-oh; French: ; 10 July 1830 – 13 November 1903) was a Danish-French Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter born on the island of Saint Thomas (now in the US Virgin Islands, but then in the…

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