Danish-French Impressionist Camille Pissarro rejected the strictures of the academy and was influenced in his move to Impressionism by Monet, Cezanne, and Renoir. Pissarro was a self-taught pastoral scene painter who after the Franco-Prussian War embraced the new style. “Haymaking” is an ode to the farmworker and a memory of viewing their toil.
Haymaking, Eragny, c.1897, Oil on CanvasCamille Pissarro French (1830 - 1903) |
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Danish-French Impressionist Camille Pissarro rejected the strictures of the academy and was influenced in his move to Impressionism by Monet, Cezanne, and Renoir. Pissarro was a self-taught pastoral scene painter who after the Franco-Prussian War embraced the new style. “Haymaking” is an ode to the farmworker and a memory of viewing their toil. |
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