Place Lafayette, Rouen
Maker
(Artists)
1830-1903
1830-1903
Title
Place Lafayette, Rouen
Date of Production
1883
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
Height: 46.3 cm (canvas)
Width: 55.7 cm (canvas)
Width: 55.7 cm (canvas)
Accession Number
P.1932.SC.319
Mode of Acquisition
Samuel Courtauld, gift, 1932
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Label Text
This is one of 17 paintings produced by Camille Pissarro in 1883, during his first visit to the northern French city of Rouen, which he declared to be as beautiful as Venice. Pissarro shunned the typical picturesque vistas offered from the surrounding hills, seen on the horizon. He was excited instead by the city’s industrial life, particularly the ‘workers on the quays, boats, smoke, mist in the distance’, which he captured here from the balcony of a café
overlooking the Seine. Sunlight and shadow are conveyed in sharply hatched brushstrokes.
overlooking the Seine. Sunlight and shadow are conveyed in sharply hatched brushstrokes.
Provenance
Private Collection, Berlin; Paul Cassirer, Berlin; purchased by Samuel Courtauld, Berlin, September or October 1926; Samuel Courtauld gift, 1932
Exhibition History
Masterpieces of Impressionism from The Courtauld Gallery, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan, 10/09/2019-15/12/2019; Aichi Prefectural Museum, Nagoya, Japan, 03/01/2020-15/03/2020; Kobe City Museum, Kobe, Japan, 28/03/2020-21/06/2020
The Courtauld Collection. A Vision for Impressionism, Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris, 20/02/2019-17/06/2019
Courtauld Impressionists: From Manet to Cezanne, National Gallery, London, 17/09/2018-20/01/2019 ...More
Pissarro and the Harbours, Musee Malraux & Le Havre & France, 27/04/2013-29/09/2013
A City for Impressionism - Monet, Pissarro and Gauguin in Rouen, Musee des Beaux-Arts, Rouen, 04/06/2010-26/09/2010
Into the 20th century - New Displays at the Courtauld, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 10/10/2002
The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 14/06/1998-21/09/1998
The Courtauld Collection, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, 26/12/1997-12/05/1998 ...Less
The Courtauld Collection. A Vision for Impressionism, Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris, 20/02/2019-17/06/2019
Courtauld Impressionists: From Manet to Cezanne, National Gallery, London, 17/09/2018-20/01/2019 ...More
Pissarro and the Harbours, Musee Malraux & Le Havre & France, 27/04/2013-29/09/2013
A City for Impressionism - Monet, Pissarro and Gauguin in Rouen, Musee des Beaux-Arts, Rouen, 04/06/2010-26/09/2010
Into the 20th century - New Displays at the Courtauld, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 10/10/2002
The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 14/06/1998-21/09/1998
The Courtauld Collection, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, 26/12/1997-12/05/1998 ...Less
Literature
The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1998
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscription : signed : bottom left & recto : : C. Pissarro, 1883
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