Artwork
Gathering Potatoes (Recolte de pommes de terre)
Gathering Potatoes (Recolte de pommes de terre) is an ink print by the Impressionist artist Camille Pissarro. It dates from 1886 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.
About this work
Overview
Gathering Potatoes is a 1886 print by Camille Pissarro, created using drypoint and aquatint techniques.
Subject & Meaning
The print depicts three figures laboring in a field, harvesting potatoes. A woman in the center, wearing a long dress and headscarf, raises her arms to her head. The scene is set against a backdrop of a small town with a river, houses, and trees.
Technique & Style
Pissarro employed drypoint, scratching lines directly into the plate to achieve a rough, textured effect. The loose, rapid lines evoke a sense of spontaneity, suiting the everyday subject matter.
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Artist & collection
Vegetable Market at Pontoise (Marché aux légumes á Pontoise)
Chestnut Vendors (Marchands de marrons)
Chestnut Vendors (Marchands de marrons)
The Laundresses (Les blanchisseuses (La repassage))
Etchings of Venice: Bead Stringers
Paysanne bêchant (Peasant Laboring)
Fishermen's Quarters (Saint-Jean-de-Monts)
Monday Morning, Holland
The Laundresses
Nursemaid and Child
Peasants in a Field of Beans (Paysannes dans un champ de haricots)
The Little Potato Peeler (La petite peleuse de pommes de terre)