Pontoise, the Road to Gisors in Winter  1873

Lower right: C. Pissarro 1873 [br]Bequest of John T. Spaulding France experienced unusually harsh winters and heavy snowfall in the early 1870s. This street scene shows residents sweeping up a light dusting beneath a sky that promises more in Pontoise, the small town Northwest of Paris where Pissarro lived from 1872 to 1882. The oldest member of the Impressionist group,...