Boulevard des Italiens, Morning, Sunlight
Camille Pissarro
1897
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 73.2 x 92.1 cm (28 13/16 x 36 1/4 in.) framed: 100.3 x 92.1 x 7 cm (39 1/2 x 36 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CF
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Chester Dale Collection
Accession Number
1963.10.198
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...