1896
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Nude Women is a 1896 by Camille Pissarro, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows two women lying down in a relaxed pose, their bodies turned slightly toward each other. Their hair is loose, and their faces are blurred, making them hard to recognize. The lines are loose and quick, giving the drawing a rough, sketchy feel. The artist didn’t focus on details like smooth skin or perfect shapes—instead, the strokes feel hurried, almost like a quick note. This style was a big shift from the polished portraits people were used to seeing. Next, check out Impressionism to see how this sketch fits into that movement.
Jacob Abraham Camille Pissarro ( piss-AR-oh; French: ; 10 July 1830 – 13 November 1903) was a Danish-French Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter born on the island of Saint Thomas (now in the US Virgin Islands, but then in the Danish West Indies).
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