The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 26, 2024

Chestnut Vendor

Chestnut Vendor

1878
(French, 1830–1903)
Sheet: 43.4 x 30.2 cm (17 1/16 x 11 7/8 in.); Platemark: 20.9 x 16.3 cm (8 1/4 x 6 7/16 in.)
Catalogue raisonné: Delteil vol.17, no.15
Location: not on view

Description

Pissarro was essentially a landscape artist, and the majority of his prints were landscapes with peasant figures. These images never showed workers exhausted by their labors, for Pissarro was primarily interested in conveying the pleasantness of the countryside and simple, rural life. In this scene of the Chestnut Vendor, the placing of figures in the foreground reflects the flat design and two-dimensional concept of space characteristic of the Japanese art that was influencing many French artists at the time.
  • Inventive Impressions: 18th- and 19-Century French Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26-October 28, 2001).
    The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/26/01-10/28/01. "Inventive Impressions: 18th- and 19th-Century French Prints".
    The Impressionist Aesthetic. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 10-October 31, 1982).
  • {{cite web|title=Chestnut Vendor|url=false|author=Camille Pissarro|year=1878|access-date=26 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1956.646