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PISSARRO, Camille: La Côte des Boeufs at the Hermitage near Pontoise

🖼 La Côte des Boeufs at the Hermitage near Pontoise, 1877
Oil on canvas
115 × 88 cm
London, United Kingdom

Soft brushwork captures a rural hillside village bathed in diffused light, with houses nestled among trees in harmonious perspective. Pissarro's 1877 view crystallizes Impressionism's commitment to light effects and humble countryside subjects, establishing him as a leading Post-Impressionist colorist.

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