The Geese
Camille Pissarro
1888
Medium
Drypoint, with burnishing, in black on tan laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 14.1 × 19.7 cm (5 9/16 × 7 13/16 in.); Plate: 14.1 × 20 cm (5 9/16 × 7 7/8 in.); Sheet: 22.8 × 28.2 cm (9 × 11 1/8 in.)
Classification
drypoint
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
88510
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...