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PISSARRO, Camille: Jallais Hill, Pontoise

🖼 Jallais Hill, Pontoise, 1867
Oil on canvas
89 × 116 cm
New York, United States

Soft brushwork captures rolling green hills bathed in diffused light, with a village nestled in the valley below. Pissarro's proto-impressionist technique and systematic study of atmospheric effects influenced the movement's development toward color and perception.

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E. H. Gombrich
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