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Claire Durand-Ruel Snollaerts of the Wildenstein Institute has confirmed the authenticity of this painting.
Pissarro lived at Pontoise intermittently between 1866 and 1883, and his work there was critical to the foundation of Impressionism. The present picture was painted in 1879 during his last Pontoise period, a time of great pictorial experimentation for the artist. It most likely represents the rue de l'Ermitage, a street which he painted at least six other times.
Pissarro once said that sensation is "the only thing that matters" in art; and Cézanne, who joined the painter in Pontoise, called him the "first Impressionist." The present work illustrates Pissarro's concentration upon visual experience and his effort to translate this experience directly to the canvas. The quaint village street is illuminated with the light of a brilliant spring or summer day; a slight wind rustles in the trees; and the beautiful skyscape--so typical of Pissarro--features light cumulus clouds scumbled over a rich luminous blue. The brushwork is free but compact and the palette is bright and warm, features which add to the attractiveness of the painting. Route à Pontoise is a characteristic work from Pissarro's early Impressionist period.
John Rewald has written about this picture:
This sun-drenched view of a street in Pontoise which, in the distance, reaches the open country and doubtless loses itself in the fields, is typical of the summer scenes that Pissarro liked to paint: here are the small houses with their gardens, trees, soft hills in the background, horse-drawn carts, a peasant woman of the kind that appears in so many of his canvases, and above this the pleasant blue sky of a sunny day. Here is rural calm with a discreet hint of animation, a perfect blending of buildings, vegetation, and a few figures. All this observed with a loving eye that transforms what may have appeared banal to others into an image of peace and quiet living. (J. Rewald, op. cit., 1963, p. 114)
Pissarro lived at Pontoise intermittently between 1866 and 1883, and his work there was critical to the foundation of Impressionism. The present picture was painted in 1879 during his last Pontoise period, a time of great pictorial experimentation for the artist. It most likely represents the rue de l'Ermitage, a street which he painted at least six other times.
Pissarro once said that sensation is "the only thing that matters" in art; and Cézanne, who joined the painter in Pontoise, called him the "first Impressionist." The present work illustrates Pissarro's concentration upon visual experience and his effort to translate this experience directly to the canvas. The quaint village street is illuminated with the light of a brilliant spring or summer day; a slight wind rustles in the trees; and the beautiful skyscape--so typical of Pissarro--features light cumulus clouds scumbled over a rich luminous blue. The brushwork is free but compact and the palette is bright and warm, features which add to the attractiveness of the painting. Route à Pontoise is a characteristic work from Pissarro's early Impressionist period.
John Rewald has written about this picture:
This sun-drenched view of a street in Pontoise which, in the distance, reaches the open country and doubtless loses itself in the fields, is typical of the summer scenes that Pissarro liked to paint: here are the small houses with their gardens, trees, soft hills in the background, horse-drawn carts, a peasant woman of the kind that appears in so many of his canvases, and above this the pleasant blue sky of a sunny day. Here is rural calm with a discreet hint of animation, a perfect blending of buildings, vegetation, and a few figures. All this observed with a loving eye that transforms what may have appeared banal to others into an image of peace and quiet living. (J. Rewald, op. cit., 1963, p. 114)