id: 163169 accession number: 2004.105 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2004.105 updated: 2024-03-26 02:00:51.905000 Wooded Landscape at L'Hermitage, Pontoise, 1879. Camille Pissarro (French, 1830–1903). Softground, aquatint, and drypoint; platemark: 21.9 x 26.9 cm (8 5/8 x 10 9/16 in.); overall: 26.9 x 35.6 cm (10 9/16 x 14 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 2004.105 title: Wooded Landscape at L'Hermitage, Pontoise title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1879 creation date earliest: 1879 creation date latest: 1879 current location: creditline: Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland copyright: --- culture: France, 19th century technique: softground, aquatint, and drypoint department: Prints collection: PR - Aquatint type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: Delteil 16, state V/V; Shapiro VI/VI --- CREATORS * Camille Pissarro (French, 1830–1903) - artist Camille Pissarro's parents ran a general merchandise business on St. Thomas. After attending boarding school in Paris, Pissarro returned to the West Indies to work for his father from 1847 until 1852. As an artist he was largely self-taught, receiving some instruction from Fritz Melbye (1826-1896), a Danish artist with whom he traveled to Venezuela in 1852. When Pissarro returned to Paris in 1855, he shared a studio with Anton Melbye (1818-1875), Fritz's brother, and with David Jacobsen (1821-1871). He took classes at the École des Beaux-Arts in 1856 and three years later attended the Académie Suisse, where he befriended artists such as Cézanne (q.v.), Monet (q.v.), and Guillaumin (q.v.). Corot (q.v.) encouraged him to paint landscapes around Paris, and he was listed as Corot's pupil in the catalogues of the Salons of 1864 and 1865. He had met Julie Vellay in 1860, with whom he would have eight children; they married in 1871. Pissarro exhibited regularly at the Salons from 1859 to 1870, although his work received little attention and he sold hardly anything. In 1866 he settled in Pontoise, often returning to Paris where he kept a studio. He frequented Émile Zola's "Thursdays" (weekly literary gatherings) and associated with Manet's (q.v.) artistic circle that gathered in the Café Guerbois. During the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71) Pissarro fled with his family, first to Montfoucault and then to London, where he worked with Monet and Daubigny (q.v.) and was introduced to the dealer Durand-Ruel. In 1872 he returned to Pontoise, where he painted with Cézanne. Around 1869 Pissarro began painting in a purely impressionist style, and in 1874 he helped organize the first impressionist exhibition. He moved to Éragny-sur-Epte in 1884, where he came into contact with Seurat (q.v.) and Paul Signac (1863-1935) and subsequently began to work in a pointillist style. He eventually found this technique too limiting, and returned to an impressionist mode, often working in series. By the end of his career his landscapes and depictions of city life sold well, and in 1892 he was given a retrospective exhibition at Durand-Ruel. By now, the artist had developed strongly anarchist convictions. Pissarro not only painted and made drawings, he also experimented with etching and lithography. --- measurements: Platemark: 21.9 x 26.9 cm (8 5/8 x 10 9/16 in.); Overall: 26.9 x 35.6 cm (10 9/16 x 14 in.) state of the work: V/V edition of the work: 50 support materials: inscriptions: inscription: lower right, in graphite: C. Pissarro translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 2006-05-27T00:00:00 Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Seoul Art Center, South Korea (December 22, 2006-March 28, 2007); Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, South Korea (April 7-May 20, 2007); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 21, 2007-January 13, 2008). title: A Lasting Impression: Gifts of the Print Club of Cleveland opening date: 2019-05-05T04:00:00 A Lasting Impression: Gifts of the Print Club of Cleveland. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 5-September 22, 2019). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'CMA (organizer). Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea: Dec. 18, 2006 - March 31, 2007; Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea: Apr. 7 - May 20, 2007: "Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art"', 'opening_date': '2007-04-07T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE Richard Cole, New York; To his widow, by descent, 1969; [Margo Pollins Schab, Inc., 1000 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10028] date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Glaubinger, Jane, "Generous Donors: The Print Club of Cleveland continues to enrich the collection.". Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 47, no. 07 (September 2007): 5-7. page number: Reproduced: P. 6; Mentioned P. 6, 7. url: https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2007-07/page/6 Salsbury, Britany. "A Lasting Impression: To mark the Print Club of Cleveland's centennial, a new exhibition highlights some of the group's major donations." Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine vol.59, no. 2 (March/April 2019): 34-35. page number: Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 35. url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2004.105/2004.105_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2004.105/2004.105_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2004.105/2004.105_full.tif