The Garden of the Tuileries on a Winter Afternoon
Pissarro rented a large apartment at 204 rue de Rivoli in Paris for the first half of 1899. From its windows facing the Jardin des Tuileries, he painted six views of the garden (including this work and two others in the Metropolitan), in which the twin steeples of the church of Sainte-Clotilde punctuate the vast expanse of sky. Attentive to changes in light, atmosphere, and climate, as well as to the comings and goings of strollers, at different times of day and seasons of the year, Pissarro was able to extract a variety of pictures from a single site.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Garden of the Tuileries on a Winter Afternoon
- Artist: Camille Pissarro (French, Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas 1830–1903 Paris)
- Date: 1899
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 28 7/8 x 36 3/8 in. (73.3 x 92.4 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Gift from the Collection of Marshall Field III, 1979
- Object Number: 1979.414
- Curatorial Department: European Paintings
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