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A Washerwoman at Eragny

1893
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 820
Pissarro felt an affinity for the daily rhythms of peasant life that he witnessed around his home in the village of Eragny, not far from Paris. This washerwoman is hard at work, scrubbing linens and clothing in one barrel and rinsing them in another. The artist depicted the surrounding landscape with dappled touches of his brush—a legacy of the Pointillist style that he adopted in the mid-1880s. To suggest the effect of shimmering sunlight, he mixed pure yellow paint into the greens of the grass and trees while the pigment was still wet.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: A Washerwoman at Eragny
  • Artist: Camille Pissarro (French, Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas 1830–1903 Paris)
  • Date: 1893
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 18 x 15 in. (45.7 x 38.1 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rodgers, 1964
  • Object Number: 64.154.1
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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The Maid at the Market
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The Cottage, Camille Pissarro French, Aquatint and drypoint on heavy wove paper; seventh state of seven
The Cottage
Camille Pissarro
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Goose Girl, Camille Pissarro French, Etching and drypoint on china paper; third state of three
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Chemin sous bois à Pontoise, Camille Pissarro French, Aquatint and etching
Chemin sous bois à Pontoise
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