Twee vrouwen die de koeien hoeden
Medium
etching
Dimensions
100; 62; 263; 200
About this artwork
inscription: ‘No 3 Epreuve d'artiste’
Art Historical Context
**Twee vrouwen die de koeien hoedenTwo Women Herding C)** *Camille Jacob Piss, 1889, etching, 62 × 100 mm* Camille Pissarro, a Danish-French Impressionist master, captures a serene rural scene in this intimate etching titled *Twee vrouwen die de koeien hoeden or "Two Women Herdingows." Created in 1889, during the height of his experimentation with printmaking, the work depicts everyday peasant life—a hallmark of Pissarro's. As a founder of Impressionism, he favored plein-air subjects like pastoral landscapes, emphasizing light, atmosphere, and the dignity of rural labor over grand historica...
About the Artist
Camille Jacob 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...