Woodlands at the Hermitage
Camille Pissarro
1879
Medium
Aquatint, soft ground etching, and drypoint in black on ivory Japanese paper
Dimensions
Image/plate: 22 × 27 cm (8 11/16 × 10 11/16 in.); Sheet: 27 × 35.8 cm (10 11/16 × 14 1/8 in.)
Classification
aquatint
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
94130
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...