Camille Pissarro
Path by the River (near La Varenne-Saint-Hilaire)
1863
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Camille Pissarro
Path by the River (near La Varenne-Saint-Hilaire)
1863
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, 22 3/16 x 18 3/16 in. (56.4 x 46.2 cm.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.45.221
This landscape, painted during the artist’s first extended stay in the French countryside, has been identified as a view of La Varenne-Saint-Hilaire, a town in the environs of Paris. Although still reminiscent of the Naturalism of the Barbizon school, the landscape also anticipates Impressionism in its attention to light and atmosphere.
Born on St. Thomas in the Danish West Indies, Pissarro arrived in Paris in 1855 and soon developed associations with Camille Corot, Gustave Courbet, and Charles-François Daubigny, all of whom would influence his early work.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; George A. Lucas, Paris
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; George A. Lucas, Paris
A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art
Pissarro: Creating the Impressionist Landscape
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Pisarro. Between Danish Golden Age Painting and French Impressionism
Working Title: Camille Pissarro
Barbizon and Impressionist Works from The Baltimore Museum of Art
Cone Wing Rotations 2020
Cone Wing Rotations 2021
Cone Wing Rotations 2022
Cone Wing Rotations 2023
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Cone Wing Rotations 2024
Cone Wing Rotations 2025
Sona K. Johnson et al, "Barbizon and Impressionist Works from The Baltimore Museum of Art," Tokyo: "Barbizon and Impressionist Works from The Baltimore Museum of Art" catalogue committee, 2003, no. 89, p. 124, ill. p. 125.
Joachim Pissarro, "Pissarro: Catalogue critique des peintures," Milan: Skira, Vol. II, 2005, p.87.
"Making the Connection," The Baltimore Museum of Art, Annual Report 2007, p. 17, ill.
Katy Rothkopf, "Pissarro: Creating the Impressionist Landscape," p. 76, ill. pp. 77, 79, cat. no. 3.
Snollaerts, Claire Durand-Ruel and Christoph Duvivier. Pissarro: Le Premier des Impressionists. Paris: Hazan, 2017. p. 29, fig. 5.
Rosenthal, Gertrude, ed. From El Greco to Pollock: Early and Late Works by European and American Artists. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1968, pp. 100, ill.
Inscribed: Recto: BR corner (black paint), 'C. Pissarro 1864.' VERSO, BACKING: UC (label), 'BMA cat./1965/#232'; UC below previous (handwritten label, black ink), '.../...Lucas/...l'artiste...;' UR corner, BMA label stapled; T of LE (label), 'Corot to Monet The Rise of Landscape Painting in France/...The Currier Gallery of Art/192 Orange Street, Manchester, NH 03104'
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