1900
oil
canvas
From the collection of Clark Art Institute
Port of Rouen, Unloading Wood is a 1900 oil by Camille Pissarro, a Impressionism work, held at Clark Art Institute.
This painting shows a bustling port scene, with a large boat docked at the center. The boat is dark, with several masts and a smokestack, and it appears to be unloading wood. In the foreground, there are piles of wood and people milling about. The background features more boats and buildings, with a cloudy sky above. The artist has used a range of colors to capture the scene, from the dark browns and blacks of the boat and wood to the lighter grays and blues of the sky and water. The overall effect is one of activity and industry. If you're interested in learning more about the artist behind this painting, you might want to 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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