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Invoice from Durand-Ruel, New York, to Robert Sterling Clark for the purchase of five paintings. Dated 18 February 1933.

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Receipt from Durand-Ruel, New York, to Robert Sterling Clark for the purchase of five paintings. Dated 3 March 1933.

Camille Pissarro

French, 1830–1903

Landscape at Saint-Charles, near Gisors, Sunset

1891

For a brief period in the late 1880s, Pissarro experimented with the technique known as divisionism or pointillism, pioneered by younger artists like Georges Seurat. This involved applying small touches of two different colors side by side, which were intended to produce a third, more luminous color for the viewer. Here Pissarro modified the technique, using slightly broader brushstrokes to suggest the glowing late-day light in the countryside near his rural home.

Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 31 7/8 x 25 9/16 in. (81 x 65 cm) Frame: 39 5/8 x 33 13/16 in. (100.6 x 85.9 cm)
Object Number 1955.524
Acquisition Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955
Status On View

Image Caption

Camille Pissarro, Landscape at Saint-Charles, near Gisors, Sunset, 1891, oil on canvas. Clark Art Institute, 1955.524

Provenance

The artist, sold to Durand-Ruel, Paris, 12 Sept. 1891; [Durand-Ruel, Paris and New York, 1891–1933, sold to Clark 11 Feb. 1933, as Paysage, St. Charles]; Robert Sterling Clark (1933–55); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1955.

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