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PISSARRO, Camille: The Hermitage at Pontoise

🖼 The Hermitage at Pontoise, 1873
Oil on canvas
61 × 73 cm
Paris, France

Dappled sunlight filters through bare trees onto a modest hillside village, rendered in loose brushstrokes that capture fleeting atmospheric effects. Pissarro's 1873 work exemplifies Impressionism's revolutionary focus on light and perception over detailed form, establishing him as a key figure in the movement.

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