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Pontoise, The Road To Gisors In Winter, 1873

 
 
 
 
 
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Artist Pissarro, Jacob Camille Winter scenes always held a special fascination for the Impressionists, since they presented familiar object in new shapes and colours. The technique of small brush strokes, moreover, seemed particularly suited to rendering snow and the multitude of reflections. Sisley, Monet, and3„4Pissarro3„4therefore painted numerous snow scenes, even though it meant working outdoors in bitter cold. In this painting,3„4Pissarro3„4has caught both the calmness and the animation of a provincial town in midwinter.

 

 
Date 1873
 
Institution Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
   
Medium Oil on canvas
 
Dimensions 59.7 x 73.7 cm