1875
oil
canvas
From the collection of Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection
Peasant Woman Carding Wool is a 1875 oil by Camille Pissarro, a Impressionism work, held at Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection.
This painting depicts a peasant woman engaged in the laborious task of carding wool. She is dressed in a long blue skirt and a white head covering, with a basket of wool beside her. The scene is set outdoors, with trees and a building visible in the background. The woman's focused expression and the detail of the wool she is working with convey a sense of diligence and hard work. The overall atmosphere of the painting is one of quiet industry, with the woman lost in her task. For more on the artist behind this piece, look up Camille Pissarro.
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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