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Market Scene, Town Square

Camille Pissarro

Artwork Details

Market Scene, Town Square
mid 19th century
Camille Pissarro
watercolor and gouache on paper
16 1/2 x 17 1/2 x 2 in. (41.91 x 44.45 x 5.08 cm);8 1/16 x 9 1/4 in. (20.48 x 23.5 cm)
Bequest from the Estate and Trust of Elise Reeder Olton
2014/1.616

Description

Subject Matter:

This scene represents a market, probably in one of the small Norman towns that Pissarro either lived in or visited frequently during the 1870s-1890s, such as Pontoise and Gisors.

Physical Description:

This drawing shows a street scene with a number of people at a market, many of whom are carrying blue or white umbrellas. A lamp post is in the foreground, and line drawings of buildings comprise the background, and birds fly in the sky amid quickly sketched out white-grey clouds. The color palette is comprised of blues, browns, whites, greens and specks of red.

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