Charing Cross Bridge, London
Camille Pissarro
1890
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 60 x 90 cm (23 5/8 x 35 7/16 in.) framed: 71.8 x 104.1 x 4.1 cm (28 1/4 x 41 x 1 5/8 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CF
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Accession Number
1985.64.32
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...