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TitleCamille Pissarro at Work

Creator namePiette, Ludovic

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1870

Object typePainting

MaterialsGouache

Dimensions27 × 34 cm

LocationUnknown

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsArtists' materialsArtists--Portraits

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Chapter Eight: Making Light Modern

Anthea Callen

The Art of Impressionism: Painting Technique and the Making of Modernity

There is a dynamic relationship between depicted light – the light effects represented in Impressionist paintings – and the inherent luminosity of the materials and methods of handling used by the painters. Understanding this relationship is crucial in evaluating the modernity and meanings of Impressionist painting. The physical properties of their chosen materials facilitated...

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Anthea Callen

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.111-135

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00125.011

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-16647&redirecttoanchor=23738

Chapter subject tags:Impressionism (Art)--FrancePlein air paintingPainting--Technique--France--History--19th centuryArtists' materials--France--19th centuryManet, Édouard, 1832-1883Degas, Edgar, 1834-1917Lighting--History--19th centuryCrystal Palace (Great Exhibition, 1851, London, England)Pissarro, Camille, 1830-1903Monet, Claude, 1840-1926Landscape painting, French--19th century

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