Road by a Field of Cabbages
c. 1880
Medium
monotype in gray and yellow on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 23 × 18 cm (9 1/16 × 7 1/16 in.) plate: 20 × 15.4 cm (7 7/8 × 6 1/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Print Purchase Fund (Rosenwald Collection)
Accession Number
1976.34.1
Art Historical Context
Camille Pissarro, a founding figure of Impressionism, captures the quiet beauty of rural France in *Road by a Field ofabbages* (c. 1880). This intimate landscape depicts a winding path cutting through vibrant cabbage fields, evoking everyday charm of the countryside near Pissarro's home in Pontoise or Eragny. As a master of light and atmosphere, Piss here translates his signature plein-air approach—painting directly from nature—into a print medium, emphasizing fleeting impressions of color and form. What sets this work apart is its medium: a monotype in gray and yellow on wove paper. Monotype...
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...