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Pontoise, the Road to Gisors in Winter  1873

by Camille Pissarro

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,...
Size: 
59.7 x 73.7 cm (23 1/2 x 29 in.)
Medium: 
Oil on canvas
Credit: 
Public Domain, Courtesy of the MFA Boston