Artwork

Wooded Landscape: A Woman walking with a Dog

Wooded Landscape: A Woman walking with a Dog, by Félix Pissarro, oil, 1895
Wooded Landscape: A Woman walking with a Dog, by Félix Pissarro, oil, 1895

Wooded Landscape: A Woman walking with a Dog is an oil painting by the Impressionist artist Félix Pissarro. It dates from 1895 and is held in the collection of the Ashmolean Museum.

About this work

Overview

Created circa 1895, this oil painting by Félix Pissarro—third son of the Impressionist Camille Pissarro—captures a quiet moment in a forested setting. The work is part of the Ashmolean Museum’s collection and exemplifies the later phase of the Pissarro family’s engagement with Impressionist concerns for light and atmosphere.

Subject & Meaning

The composition centers on a woman in a long skirt and jacket, accompanied by a dog, as they stroll along a narrow path beneath tall, leafy trees. A low fence recedes in the background, while a muted sky peeks through the canopy, suggesting a tranquil, everyday encounter with nature.

Technique & Style

Executed in oil, the painting displays the loose, visible brushwork characteristic of Impressionism. A restrained palette of greens, browns, and subdued earth tones conveys the dappled forest light. The handling of foliage and foliage edges emphasizes atmospheric depth rather than precise detail.

History & Provenance

Félix Pissarro produced the work during a period when he was establishing his own artistic identity apart from his famous father. After changing hands through private collections, the painting entered the Ashmolean Museum, where it remains on display as part of the institution’s representation of late 19th‑century French painting.

Artist & collection

Portrait of Félix Pissarro

Artist

Félix Pissarro

Félix Pissarro (also known by the pseudonym Jean Roch; 24 July 1874 – 29 November 1897) was a nineteenth-century French painter, etcher and caricaturist of Portuguese-Jewish descent.

Ashmolean Museum

Museum

Ashmolean Museum

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