1892
oil
canvas
From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago
Dominant colour
Haymaking at Éragny is a 1892 oil by Camille Pissarro, a Impressionism work, held at Art Institute of Chicago.
This painting shows people working in a field, cutting and gathering hay. The scene is peaceful, with trees and a few houses in the background. It's interesting that the artist used warm colors to depict a everyday scene, which was not common at that time. Look up the technique of chiaroscuro to see how artists like this one used strong contrasts of light and dark to create depth.
The artist (d. 1903); sold to Durand-Ruel, Paris, December 3, 1892 [per Durand-Ruel Archives to the Art Institute of Chicago, Mar. 30, 2000, curatorial object file]; sold to Mrs. Harriet Borland (née Blair), Chicago, October 19, 1899 [per Durand-Ruel New York (stock 1119), Durand-Ruel Archives to the Art Institute of Chicago, Mar. 30, 2000, curatorial object file]; by descent to Bruce Borland (son), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, beginning in 1961 [undivided fractional interests, receiving the final fractional interested for one hundred percent ownership in 1963].
Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Exposition d’oeuvres récentes de Camille Pissarro, Mar. 15–30, 1893, cat. 38, as Fenaison à Eragny, 1892. New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Paintings by Camille Pissarro, Views of Rouen, Mar.–Apr., 1897, cat. 33, as Fenaison à Eragny, 1892. Art Institute of Chicago, Treasures of Chicago Collectors, Apr. 15–May 7, 1961, no cat. no. Tokyo, Isetan Museum of Art, Retrospective Camille Pissarro, Mar. 9¬–Apr. 9, 1984, cat. 43 (ill.); Fukuoka Art Museum, Apr. 25–May 20, 1984; Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, May 26–July 1, 1984. Art Institute of Chicago, Art Inside Out:…
Galeries Durand-Ruel, Exposition d’oeuvres récentes de Camille Pissarro, exh. cat. (Durand-Ruel, 1893), cat. 38. Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York, Paintings by Camille Pissarro: Views of Rouen, exh. cat. (Durand-Ruel, 1897), cat. 33. Ludovic Rodo Pissarro and Lionello Venturi, Camille Pissarro: Son art—son oeuvre, vol. 1, Texte (P. Rosenberg, 1939), p. 192, no. 789. Ludovic Rodo Pissarro and Lionello Venturi, Camille Pissarro: Son art—son oeuvre, vol. 2, Planche (P. Rosenberg, 1939), pl. 162, no. 789 (ill.). Art Institute of Chicago, Treasures of Chicago Collectors, exh. cat. (Art Institute of…
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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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