We look across a river at a long, flat bridge that runs parallel to a hazy, city skyline in the distance in this horizontal painting. The scene is painted with visible dashes and strokes of mostly pastel blue, ivory white, muted mauve purple, and navy blue. The flat bridge spans the width of the composition along the horizon, which comes a third of the way up the canvas. The sky above is filled with clouds painted in muted tones of cream white, pale blue, and a few touches of shell pink, which mirror the water below. Along the horizon, buildings with spires and towers stretch from our right…
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Charing Cross Bridge, London

Camille Pissarro (French, born St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, 1830 - 1903)

1890

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 60 x 90 cm (23 5/8 x 35 7/16 in.) ; framed: 71.8 x 104.1 x 4.1 cm (28 1/4 x 41 x 1 5/8 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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