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CAMILLE PISSARRO(1830-1903)

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<div>Camille Pissarro’s<em> Paysage avec batteuse à Montfoucault </em>(c. 1875) is an exceptionally vivid pastel that unites the artist’s keen observation of rural life with the Impressionists’ fascination for light, atmosphere, and immediacy. Executed at a moment when Pissarro was deeply engaged with agrarian subjects, the composition centers on a working landscape—haystacks and farm structures set against dense foliage—where a solitary figure anchors the scene in lived experience. The motif is quintessentially Impressionist: an unembellished view of the modern, “seen” world, and a fleeting moment of real life recorded with speed and sensitivity. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>Pastel, with its directness and chromatic intensity, proved uniquely efficient for Impressionist artists seeking to capture transient light effects and faithful likenesses without the slower procedures of oil. Here, Pissarro exploits the medium’s strengths brilliantly. Soft, powdery passages dissolve edges into atmosphere, while firmer, painterly strokes build structure and texture across the hay, timber, and ground. The surface retains a remarkable freshness, with color that remains luminous and varied—cool blues and greens offset by warm straw, ochres, and sunlit highlights—allowing the viewer to experience the work’s original spontaneity. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>This work’s significance is underscored by its recent exhibition history: it was shown in 2020 at the J. Paul Getty Museum in<em> Powder and Light: Pastels in Late Nineteenth Century</em>, a focused exploration of how artists of the period embraced pastel as both experimental and modern. Beautifully preserved,<em> Paysage avec batteuse à Montfoucault </em>offers a direct encounter with Pissarro’s touch—each stroke visible, each tonal shift purposeful—capturing the countryside not as an ideal, but as a place of work, weather, and changing light. </div> <div>Camille Pissarro’s<em> Paysage avec batteuse à Montfoucault </em>(c. 1875) is an exceptionally vivid pastel that unites the artist’s keen observation of rural life with the Impressionists’ fascination for light, atmosphere, and immediacy. Executed at a moment when Pissarro was deeply engaged with agrarian subjects, the composition centers on a working landscape—haystacks and farm structures set against dense foliage—where a solitary figure anchors the scene in lived experience. The motif is quintessentially Impressionist: an unembellished view of the modern, “seen” world, and a fleeting moment of real life recorded with speed and sensitivity. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>Pastel, with its directness and chromatic intensity, proved uniquely efficient for Impressionist artists seeking to capture transient light effects and faithful likenesses without the slower procedures of oil. Here, Pissarro exploits the medium’s strengths brilliantly. Soft, powdery passages dissolve edges into atmosphere, while firmer, painterly strokes build structure and texture across the hay, timber, and ground. The surface retains a remarkable freshness, with color that remains luminous and varied—cool blues and greens offset by warm straw, ochres, and sunlit highlights—allowing the viewer to experience the work’s original spontaneity. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>This work’s significance is underscored by its recent exhibition history: it was shown in 2020 at the J. Paul Getty Museum in<em> Powder and Light: Pastels in Late Nineteenth Century</em>, a focused exploration of how artists of the period embraced pastel as both experimental and modern. Beautifully preserved,<em> Paysage avec batteuse à Montfoucault </em>offers a direct encounter with Pissarro’s touch—each stroke visible, each tonal shift purposeful—capturing the countryside not as an ideal, but as a place of work, weather, and changing light. </div> <div>Camille Pissarro’s<em> Paysage avec batteuse à Montfoucault </em>(c. 1875) is an exceptionally vivid pastel that unites the artist’s keen observation of rural life with the Impressionists’ fascination for light, atmosphere, and immediacy. Executed at a moment when Pissarro was deeply engaged with agrarian subjects, the composition centers on a working landscape—haystacks and farm structures set against dense foliage—where a solitary figure anchors the scene in lived experience. The motif is quintessentially Impressionist: an unembellished view of the modern, “seen” world, and a fleeting moment of real life recorded with speed and sensitivity. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>Pastel, with its directness and chromatic intensity, proved uniquely efficient for Impressionist artists seeking to capture transient light effects and faithful likenesses without the slower procedures of oil. Here, Pissarro exploits the medium’s strengths brilliantly. Soft, powdery passages dissolve edges into atmosphere, while firmer, painterly strokes build structure and texture across the hay, timber, and ground. The surface retains a remarkable freshness, with color that remains luminous and varied—cool blues and greens offset by warm straw, ochres, and sunlit highlights—allowing the viewer to experience the work’s original spontaneity. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>This work’s significance is underscored by its recent exhibition history: it was shown in 2020 at the J. Paul Getty Museum in<em> Powder and Light: Pastels in Late Nineteenth Century</em>, a focused exploration of how artists of the period embraced pastel as both experimental and modern. Beautifully preserved,<em> Paysage avec batteuse à Montfoucault </em>offers a direct encounter with Pissarro’s touch—each stroke visible, each tonal shift purposeful—capturing the countryside not as an ideal, but as a place of work, weather, and changing light. </div> <div>Camille Pissarro’s<em> Paysage avec batteuse à Montfoucault </em>(c. 1875) is an exceptionally vivid pastel that unites the artist’s keen observation of rural life with the Impressionists’ fascination for light, atmosphere, and immediacy. Executed at a moment when Pissarro was deeply engaged with agrarian subjects, the composition centers on a working landscape—haystacks and farm structures set against dense foliage—where a solitary figure anchors the scene in lived experience. The motif is quintessentially Impressionist: an unembellished view of the modern, “seen” world, and a fleeting moment of real life recorded with speed and sensitivity. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>Pastel, with its directness and chromatic intensity, proved uniquely efficient for Impressionist artists seeking to capture transient light effects and faithful likenesses without the slower procedures of oil. Here, Pissarro exploits the medium’s strengths brilliantly. Soft, powdery passages dissolve edges into atmosphere, while firmer, painterly strokes build structure and texture across the hay, timber, and ground. The surface retains a remarkable freshness, with color that remains luminous and varied—cool blues and greens offset by warm straw, ochres, and sunlit highlights—allowing the viewer to experience the work’s original spontaneity. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>This work’s significance is underscored by its recent exhibition history: it was shown in 2020 at the J. Paul Getty Museum in<em> Powder and Light: Pastels in Late Nineteenth Century</em>, a focused exploration of how artists of the period embraced pastel as both experimental and modern. Beautifully preserved,<em> Paysage avec batteuse à Montfoucault </em>offers a direct encounter with Pissarro’s touch—each stroke visible, each tonal shift purposeful—capturing the countryside not as an ideal, but as a place of work, weather, and changing light. </div> <div>Camille Pissarro’s<em> Paysage avec batteuse à Montfoucault </em>(c. 1875) is an exceptionally vivid pastel that unites the artist’s keen observation of rural life with the Impressionists’ fascination for light, atmosphere, and immediacy. Executed at a moment when Pissarro was deeply engaged with agrarian subjects, the composition centers on a working landscape—haystacks and farm structures set against dense foliage—where a solitary figure anchors the scene in lived experience. The motif is quintessentially Impressionist: an unembellished view of the modern, “seen” world, and a fleeting moment of real life recorded with speed and sensitivity. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>Pastel, with its directness and chromatic intensity, proved uniquely efficient for Impressionist artists seeking to capture transient light effects and faithful likenesses without the slower procedures of oil. Here, Pissarro exploits the medium’s strengths brilliantly. Soft, powdery passages dissolve edges into atmosphere, while firmer, painterly strokes build structure and texture across the hay, timber, and ground. The surface retains a remarkable freshness, with color that remains luminous and varied—cool blues and greens offset by warm straw, ochres, and sunlit highlights—allowing the viewer to experience the work’s original spontaneity. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>This work’s significance is underscored by its recent exhibition history: it was shown in 2020 at the J. Paul Getty Museum in<em> Powder and Light: Pastels in Late Nineteenth Century</em>, a focused exploration of how artists of the period embraced pastel as both experimental and modern. Beautifully preserved,<em> Paysage avec batteuse à Montfoucault </em>offers a direct encounter with Pissarro’s touch—each stroke visible, each tonal shift purposeful—capturing the countryside not as an ideal, but as a place of work, weather, and changing light. </div> <div>Camille Pissarro’s<em> Paysage avec batteuse à Montfoucault </em>(c. 1875) is an exceptionally vivid pastel that unites the artist’s keen observation of rural life with the Impressionists’ fascination for light, atmosphere, and immediacy. Executed at a moment when Pissarro was deeply engaged with agrarian subjects, the composition centers on a working landscape—haystacks and farm structures set against dense foliage—where a solitary figure anchors the scene in lived experience. The motif is quintessentially Impressionist: an unembellished view of the modern, “seen” world, and a fleeting moment of real life recorded with speed and sensitivity. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>Pastel, with its directness and chromatic intensity, proved uniquely efficient for Impressionist artists seeking to capture transient light effects and faithful likenesses without the slower procedures of oil. Here, Pissarro exploits the medium’s strengths brilliantly. Soft, powdery passages dissolve edges into atmosphere, while firmer, painterly strokes build structure and texture across the hay, timber, and ground. The surface retains a remarkable freshness, with color that remains luminous and varied—cool blues and greens offset by warm straw, ochres, and sunlit highlights—allowing the viewer to experience the work’s original spontaneity. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>This work’s significance is underscored by its recent exhibition history: it was shown in 2020 at the J. Paul Getty Museum in<em> Powder and Light: Pastels in Late Nineteenth Century</em>, a focused exploration of how artists of the period embraced pastel as both experimental and modern. Beautifully preserved,<em> Paysage avec batteuse à Montfoucault </em>offers a direct encounter with Pissarro’s touch—each stroke visible, each tonal shift purposeful—capturing the countryside not as an ideal, but as a place of work, weather, and changing light. </div> <div>Camille Pissarro’s<em> Paysage avec batteuse à Montfoucault </em>(c. 1875) is an exceptionally vivid pastel that unites the artist’s keen observation of rural life with the Impressionists’ fascination for light, atmosphere, and immediacy. Executed at a moment when Pissarro was deeply engaged with agrarian subjects, the composition centers on a working landscape—haystacks and farm structures set against dense foliage—where a solitary figure anchors the scene in lived experience. The motif is quintessentially Impressionist: an unembellished view of the modern, “seen” world, and a fleeting moment of real life recorded with speed and sensitivity. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>Pastel, with its directness and chromatic intensity, proved uniquely efficient for Impressionist artists seeking to capture transient light effects and faithful likenesses without the slower procedures of oil. Here, Pissarro exploits the medium’s strengths brilliantly. Soft, powdery passages dissolve edges into atmosphere, while firmer, painterly strokes build structure and texture across the hay, timber, and ground. The surface retains a remarkable freshness, with color that remains luminous and varied—cool blues and greens offset by warm straw, ochres, and sunlit highlights—allowing the viewer to experience the work’s original spontaneity. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>This work’s significance is underscored by its recent exhibition history: it was shown in 2020 at the J. Paul Getty Museum in<em> Powder and Light: Pastels in Late Nineteenth Century</em>, a focused exploration of how artists of the period embraced pastel as both experimental and modern. Beautifully preserved,<em> Paysage avec batteuse à Montfoucault </em>offers a direct encounter with Pissarro’s touch—each stroke visible, each tonal shift purposeful—capturing the countryside not as an ideal, but as a place of work, weather, and changing light. </div> <div>Camille Pissarro’s<em> Paysage avec batteuse à Montfoucault </em>(c. 1875) is an exceptionally vivid pastel that unites the artist’s keen observation of rural life with the Impressionists’ fascination for light, atmosphere, and immediacy. Executed at a moment when Pissarro was deeply engaged with agrarian subjects, the composition centers on a working landscape—haystacks and farm structures set against dense foliage—where a solitary figure anchors the scene in lived experience. The motif is quintessentially Impressionist: an unembellished view of the modern, “seen” world, and a fleeting moment of real life recorded with speed and sensitivity. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>Pastel, with its directness and chromatic intensity, proved uniquely efficient for Impressionist artists seeking to capture transient light effects and faithful likenesses without the slower procedures of oil. Here, Pissarro exploits the medium’s strengths brilliantly. Soft, powdery passages dissolve edges into atmosphere, while firmer, painterly strokes build structure and texture across the hay, timber, and ground. The surface retains a remarkable freshness, with color that remains luminous and varied—cool blues and greens offset by warm straw, ochres, and sunlit highlights—allowing the viewer to experience the work’s original spontaneity. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>This work’s significance is underscored by its recent exhibition history: it was shown in 2020 at the J. Paul Getty Museum in<em> Powder and Light: Pastels in Late Nineteenth Century</em>, a focused exploration of how artists of the period embraced pastel as both experimental and modern. Beautifully preserved,<em> Paysage avec batteuse à Montfoucault </em>offers a direct encounter with Pissarro’s touch—each stroke visible, each tonal shift purposeful—capturing the countryside not as an ideal, but as a place of work, weather, and changing light. </div> <div>Camille Pissarro’s<em> Paysage avec batteuse à Montfoucault </em>(c. 1875) is an exceptionally vivid pastel that unites the artist’s keen observation of rural life with the Impressionists’ fascination for light, atmosphere, and immediacy. Executed at a moment when Pissarro was deeply engaged with agrarian subjects, the composition centers on a working landscape—haystacks and farm structures set against dense foliage—where a solitary figure anchors the scene in lived experience. The motif is quintessentially Impressionist: an unembellished view of the modern, “seen” world, and a fleeting moment of real life recorded with speed and sensitivity. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>Pastel, with its directness and chromatic intensity, proved uniquely efficient for Impressionist artists seeking to capture transient light effects and faithful likenesses without the slower procedures of oil. Here, Pissarro exploits the medium’s strengths brilliantly. Soft, powdery passages dissolve edges into atmosphere, while firmer, painterly strokes build structure and texture across the hay, timber, and ground. The surface retains a remarkable freshness, with color that remains luminous and varied—cool blues and greens offset by warm straw, ochres, and sunlit highlights—allowing the viewer to experience the work’s original spontaneity. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>This work’s significance is underscored by its recent exhibition history: it was shown in 2020 at the J. Paul Getty Museum in<em> Powder and Light: Pastels in Late Nineteenth Century</em>, a focused exploration of how artists of the period embraced pastel as both experimental and modern. Beautifully preserved,<em> Paysage avec batteuse à Montfoucault </em>offers a direct encounter with Pissarro’s touch—each stroke visible, each tonal shift purposeful—capturing the countryside not as an ideal, but as a place of work, weather, and changing light. </div> <div>Camille Pissarro’s<em> Paysage avec batteuse à Montfoucault </em>(c. 1875) is an exceptionally vivid pastel that unites the artist’s keen observation of rural life with the Impressionists’ fascination for light, atmosphere, and immediacy. Executed at a moment when Pissarro was deeply engaged with agrarian subjects, the composition centers on a working landscape—haystacks and farm structures set against dense foliage—where a solitary figure anchors the scene in lived experience. The motif is quintessentially Impressionist: an unembellished view of the modern, “seen” world, and a fleeting moment of real life recorded with speed and sensitivity. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>Pastel, with its directness and chromatic intensity, proved uniquely efficient for Impressionist artists seeking to capture transient light effects and faithful likenesses without the slower procedures of oil. Here, Pissarro exploits the medium’s strengths brilliantly. Soft, powdery passages dissolve edges into atmosphere, while firmer, painterly strokes build structure and texture across the hay, timber, and ground. The surface retains a remarkable freshness, with color that remains luminous and varied—cool blues and greens offset by warm straw, ochres, and sunlit highlights—allowing the viewer to experience the work’s original spontaneity. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>This work’s significance is underscored by its recent exhibition history: it was shown in 2020 at the J. Paul Getty Museum in<em> Powder and Light: Pastels in Late Nineteenth Century</em>, a focused exploration of how artists of the period embraced pastel as both experimental and modern. Beautifully preserved,<em> Paysage avec batteuse à Montfoucault </em>offers a direct encounter with Pissarro’s touch—each stroke visible, each tonal shift purposeful—capturing the countryside not as an ideal, but as a place of work, weather, and changing light. </div>
Paysage avec batteuse a Montfoucaultc. 187510 3/8 x 14 3/4 pulg.(26,35 x 37,47 cm) pastel sobre papel colocado sobre tabla
Procedencia
Venta anónima, Hotel Drouot, París, 24 de febrero de 1936, lote 38.
Galerías Perls, Nueva York
Adquirido por el anterior propietario, hacia 1960
Christie's Live Auction 2218, 4 de noviembre de 2009, Lote 138
Colección privada, adquirida en la venta anterior
Exposición
Nueva York, Perls Galleries, fecha desconocida, nº 84a
J. Paul Getty Museum, Degas: "Bailarinas rusas" y el arte del pastel", del 3 de mayo al 23 de octubre de 2016
J. Paul Getty Museum, "Campesinos al pastel: Jean -Francois Millet y el renacimiento del pastel, 29 de octubre de 2019 - 10 de mayo de 2020
J. Paul ...Más....Museo Getty, "Pólvora y luz: Pasteles de finales del siglo XIX", 28 de julio de 2020-31 de agosto de 2022
Literatura
L.R. Pissarro y L. Venturi, Camille Pissarro, Son art-son oeuvre, París, 1939, vol. I, p. 291, nº 1529 (ilustrado, vol. II pl. 294)
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Paysage avec batteuse à Montfoucault (c. 1875), de Camille Pissarro, es un pastel excepcionalmente vívido que aúna la aguda observación del artista de la vida rural con la fascinación de los impresionistas por la luz, la atmósfera y la inmediatez. Realizada en un momento en el que Pissarro estaba profundamente comprometido con los temas agrarios, la composición se centra en un paisaje de trabajo —montones de heno y estructuras agrícolas sobre un denso follaje— en el que una figura solitaria ancla la escena en la experiencia vivida. El motivo es esencialmente impresionista: una visión sin adornos del mundo moderno «visto» y un momento fugaz de la vida real registrado con rapidez y sensibilidad.


 


El pastel, con su franqueza e intensidad cromática, resultó ser especialmente eficaz para los artistas impresionistas que buscaban capturar efectos de luz transitorios y semejanzas fieles sin los lentos procedimientos del óleo. Aquí, Pissarro aprovecha brillantemente las fortalezas del medio. Los trazos suaves y pulverulentos disuelven los bordes en la atmósfera, mientras que los trazos más firmes y pictóricos crean estructura y textura en el heno, la madera y el suelo. La superficie conserva una frescura notable, con colores que siguen siendo luminosos y variados —azules y verdes fríos compensados por cálidos tonos pajizos, ocres y reflejos iluminados por el sol—, lo que permite al espectador experimentar la espontaneidad original de la obra.


 


La importancia de esta obra queda subrayada por su reciente trayectoria expositiva: en 2020 se exhibió en el Museo J. Paul Getty en Powder and Light: Pastels in Late Nineteenth Century, una exploración centrada en cómo los artistas de la época adoptaron el pastel como medio experimental y moderno. Magníficamente conservada, Paysage avec batteuse à Montfoucault ofrece un encuentro directo con el toque de Pissarro —cada pincelada visible, cada cambio tonal intencionado— capturando el campo no como un ideal, sino como un lugar de trabajo, clima y luz cambiante.
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