Poplars, Eragny
1895
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
36 1/2 x 25 1/2 in. (92.7 x 64.8 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876-1967), 1967
Accession Number
67.187.93
Tags
Art Historical Context
Camille Pissarro’s *Poplars, Eragny* (1895) captures the quiet beauty of the rural French landscape that defined much of the artist’s later career. A central figure of the Impressionist movement, Pissarro settled in the village of Éragny-sur-Epte in Normandy, where he painted the surrounding gardens and fields with remarkable sensitivity. This oil on canvas reflects his lifelong commitment to portraying the changing effects of light and atmosphere in everyday natural settings. Executed with loose, vibrant brushwork typical of Impressionism, the painting highlights the tall poplar trees that l...
About the Artist
Camille Pissarro · 1831–1903
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) stands as the patriarch of Impressionism, the only artist to exhibit in all eight Impressionist exhibitions and a mentor whose influence shaped the trajectory of modern art. Born Jacob Abraham Camille Pissarro on the Caribbean island of St. Thomas to a Jewish-Portuguese merchant family, he abandoned the family business to pursue painting, eventually settling in Paris i...