Factory on the Oise at Pontoise
1873
Medium
watercolor and graphite on wove paper mounted on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 17.7 × 25.1 cm (6 15/16 × 9 7/8 in.) mount: 19.3 × 26.9 cm (7 5/8 × 10 9/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Accession Number
1985.64.109
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...