Who created "The Public Garden at Pontoise"?

The Public Garden at Pontoise was created by Camille Pissarro in 1874.

What medium is "The Public Garden at Pontoise"?

The Public Garden at Pontoise is Oil on canvas.

Is "The Public Garden at Pontoise" in the public domain?

Yes, The Public Garden at Pontoise is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

The Public Garden at Pontoise

Camille Pissarro

1874

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

23 5/8 x 28 3/4 in. (60 x 73 cm)

Classification

Paintings

Department

European Paintings

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Murray, 1964

Accession Number

64.156

Tags

Human FiguresGardens

Art Historical Context

Camille Pissarro's *The Public Garden at Pontoise* (1874), an oil on canvas measuring 23⅝ × 28¾ inches, invites visitors into a sun-dappled corner of everyday French life. Painted during Pissarro's residence in the rural town of Pontoise, northwest of Paris, the work captures a public garden alive with strolling figures amid lush greenery and winding paths. This scene reflects the artist's fascination with ordinary moments, blending human activity with the natural world in a harmonious, light-filled composition. As a founding father of Impressionism, Pissarro pioneered techniques like loose, ...

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...

The Public Garden at Pontoise

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