Snowy Landscape (South Norwood)

Date: 1871

The painting depicts a winter landscape covered with snow with the main motif of two trees in the foreground. A provincial village with houses and a chimney emitting smoke can be seen in the background, suggesting cold weather. The sky is partly cloudy with hints of blue, giving the composition the feeling of a winter morning or afternoon. Footprints in the snow lead the view to the settlement, which is depicted with painterly freedom and broad brushstrokes in an impressionistic style.

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Pissarro painted picture Snowy Landscape (South Norwood) in 1871. 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).