A small complex of white buildings with red-tile roofs are engulfed in a patchwork of lush, green farm fields over rolling hills in this nearly square painting. The sun-drenched scene is loosely painted with visible brushstrokes in shades of spring, clover, and pine green, with touches of caramel and sand brown. The horizon comes about three-quarters of the way up the composition, and white clouds float against the pale blue sky above. Small in scale, a few people walk along pathways between fields and a few work among the crops. The cluster of buildings is situated along the base of a hill…
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Landscape at Les Pâtis, Pontoise

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

1868

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 81 x 100 cm (31 7/8 x 39 3/8 in.) ; framed: 109.8 x 128.3 x 8.8 cm (43 1/4 x 50 1/2 x 3 7/16 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. David Rockefeller, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
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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