Barges at Pontoise by Pissarro in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 2011

Barges at Pontoise

Camille Pissarro (French, Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas 1830–1903 Paris)

Date: 1876

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 18 1/8 x 21 5/8 in. (46 x 54.9 cm)

Classification: Paintings

Credit Line: Bequest of Mary Cushing Fosburgh, 1978

Accession Number: 1979.135.16

Gallery Label:

In 1872 Pissarro and his family settled in the village of Pontoise. Of the six views he painted in 1876 of the barges and factories along the banks of the Oise, this one is stylistically the boldest. While each of the brushstrokes serves a descriptive function, attention to detail is minimal.

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