Harvest (Pontoise)

Date: 1881

The painting depicts a scene from a rural landscape where three people, probably farmers, are working in a field. The man in the middle stands holding a tool, possibly a rake, while the woman on the left bends down to pick something up or work the soil. A third figure in the background is working separately on a hillside. They are surrounded by tall trees and above them is a blue sky with white clouds. The impressionist style painting emphasizes the play of light and shadow with softly scattered brushstrokes.

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Pissarro painted picture Harvest (Pontoise) in 1881. Prevailing color of this fine art print is vivid and its shape is landscape. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Camille Pissarro (1830-1903). French Impressionist painter. He was obsessed with light and its effects and painted the same subject several times to examine the effect of time of day and season. This interest probably also led him to only paint landscapes and cities – there, he could take full advantage of natural light. As an impressionist, he used vivid and bright colours. Among painters, he was popular for his communicative nature – he did not hesitate to share his experiences and was not resistant to accepting new ideas from others. His work helped develop the impressionist theory and inspired other great painters of his time, like Cézanne, Matisse, or Gauguin. He also devoted himself to pointillism (see Seurat).