1873
oil
canvas
From the collection of Clark Art Institute
Dominant colour
The River Oise near Pontoise is a 1873 oil by Camille Pissarro, a Impressionism work, held at Clark Art Institute.
This landscape painting shows a river scene with a village in the background. The river is calm and reflects the sky and trees. In the foreground, there are bushes and grass. The sky is cloudy and grey. The painting has a soft, dreamy quality to it. The brushstrokes are loose and expressive, giving the painting a sense of movement and energy. The painting is a beautiful example of Impressionist art. If you're interested in learning more about this style, you might want to look up the artist 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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