The Boulevard Montmartre on a Winter Morning
1897
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
25 1/2 x 32 in. (64.8 x 81.3 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Katrin S. Vietor, in loving memory of Ernest G. Vietor, 1960
Accession Number
60.174
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About this artwork
Camille Pissarro's "The Boulevard Montmartre on a Winter Morning" stands as a masterwork of late Impressionist urban painting. Created in 1897 when Pissarro was 66, this canvas belongs to fourteen paintings depicting Boulevard Montmartre from his Grand Hôtel de Russie room. Painted February-April 1897, the series captures varying times and weather, embodying Impressionist commitment to recording ephemeral light and atmosphere effects. Pissarro turned to window-view compositions partly because fa...
Art Historical Context
Camille Pissarro'sThe Boulevard Montmartre a Winter Morning* (1897) is a luminous gem from his late Impressionist of fourteen views painted from his window at the Grand Hôtel de in Paris. At age 66, with failing eyesight limiting outdoor work, Pissarro captured the boulevard's daily rhythm from February to April 1897, emphasizing the movement of light, weather, and urban life. This oil on canvas, measuring 25½ × 32 inches, reflects his lifelong commitment to en plein air principles, even indoors, showcasing Paris's modernity through carriages, pedestrians, and grand buildings blanketed in wint...
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...