All Saints Church, Upper Norwood seen from the north side of Beulah Hill
second half 19th century
Medium
Graphite on china paper
Dimensions
11 3/16 x 17 1/2 in. (28.4 x 44.5 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Sam Salz, 1956
Accession Number
56.173
Tags
Art Historical Context
Camille Pissarro, a founding figure of Impressionism, created this delicate graphite drawing during the second half of the19th century while living in exile in London. Fleeing the Franco-Pr War in 1870, Pissarro settled in the suburban area of Upper Norwood, he captured the everyday charm of English landscapes. *All Saints Church, Upper Norwood from the north side ofulah Hill* offers a serene vista of the Gothic Revival church nestled amid winding roads and leafy trees, reflecting his fascination with light, atmosphere, and unpretentious rural scenes. Executed on thin china paper—a lightweigh...
About the Artist
Camille Pissarro · 1831–1903
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) stands as the patriarch of Impressionism, the only artist to exhibit in all eight Impressionist exhibitions and a mentor whose influence shaped the trajectory of modern art. Born Jacob Abraham Camille Pissarro on the Caribbean island of St. Thomas to a Jewish-Portuguese merchant family, he abandoned the family business to pursue painting, eventually settling in Paris i...