L’hermitage En Été, Pontoise (1877)
Technique: Giclée quality print
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"L’hermitage En Été, Pontoise," a captivating landscape painted in 1877 by Camille Pissarro, provides viewers with a vibrant depiction of the rural tranquility and the verdant expansiveness of the French countryside.In this painting, Pissarro captures the essence of summer with a pallet rich in greens, blues, and earthy hues. The viewer's eye is first drawn to the cluster of rustic houses nestled amongst lush trees and foliage in the foreground. The dwellings, with their red roofs, seem to radiate warmth, suggesting the season's vigor and vitality.Beyond this tranquil village, the landscape unfolds in a series of verdant fields and gently rolling hills, stretching toward a hazy horizon. Pissarro’s brush strokes give a textured, almost tactile quality to the vegetation and the undulating terrain, evoking the breezy atmosphere of a summer day. The sky, a tapestry of blues and whites, crowns the scene with sweeping strokes, enhancing the sense of depth and expansiveness.This painting is not just a mere representation of a locale but a vivid impression of the serene interplay between human habitation and nature’s endless beauty.
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Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing. — Camille Pissarro
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) was born on St.Thomas (now the US Virgin Islands) to a Portuguese father and a Dominican mother. He went to Paris to study art at Ecole des Beaux-Arts. He was an early pioneer of pointillism and neo-impressionism and later became a mentor of many famous impressionist painters including Cezanne, Manet, Renoir, and Gauguin. His paintings depicted rural and urban French landscapes and lifestyle. Many of his works politically captured images of peasants and laborers. Today, he is considered the father of impressionism.