Rue Damiette, Rouen
c. 1884
Camille Pissarro
Camille Pissarro (French, 1830–1903)
Drawings
Rue Damiette, Rouen, c. 1884. Camille Pissarro (French, 1830–1903). Black chalk and watercolor on wove paper; sheet: 29.2 x 22.7 cm (11 1/2 x 8 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection 1968.357 This drawing was created during an early trip of many that Camille Pissarro took to Rouen, a port city in northern France. It inspired the artist to create a virtually identical etching around the same time, and may have served as a preparatory sketch for that work. A founding member of the Impressionist group, Pissarro spent much of his career painting the rural and landscape outdoors and paid particular attention to the effects of weather and natural light. Here, the gray skies over the town echo the muted tone of the stone buildings that occupy a quiet side street. Because of its picturesque qualities, Rouen's rue Damiette has served as a subject for numerous artists.
- Maker/Artist
- Pissarro, Camille
- Classification
- Drawing
- Formatted Medium
- black chalk and watercolor on wove paper
- Medium
- black, chalk, watercolor, wove, paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 29.2 x 22.7 cm (11 1/2 x 8 15/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: signed, across bottom, in black crayon: C Pissarro Rue Daumiette à Rouen; watermark: JWhatman / Turkeyhill
- Departments
- Drawings
- Accession Number
- 1968.357
- Credit Line
- Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review: 1969, From Delacroix to Cezanne: French Watercolor Landscapes of the Nineteenth Century, The Impressionist Aesthetic, French Drawings from the Collection, <em>Exhibition of Modern French Paintings, Water Colors and Drawings</em>. C.W. Kraushaar Art Galleries, New York (October 8-22, 1927).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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