Haymaking, Montfoucault

Date: 1879

The painting depicts a rural scene with a yellowish ochre straw stack and a house in the background. In the foreground are two white horses harnessed to a cart and a figure in red and blue clothing stands between them. A second figure, wrapped in white material, walks towards the house, while a third figure in white is on top of the stack. The ground has an earthy yellow tinge and the sky is light blue with clouds.

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Pissarro painted picture Haymaking, Montfoucault in 1879. 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).