Poplars sunset at eragny pissarro artist

Pissarro developed this painting at a time he was emerging from his experience with Neo-Impressionism.

By then, he had resumed painting the outdoors by allowing freshly applied colours to interact on the surface instead of waiting for spots of different colours to dry separately.

Pissarro had just moved to Eragny and had rented a house that he later purchased and converted into a studio.

It was here that Camille spent the last twenty years of his life. Eragny was more pastoral than Pontoise, where he had developed an interest in painting the outdoors.

Poplars sunset at eragny pissarro artist

These new surroundings motivated him to paint the local landscapes with trees as the primary subject. In this particular piece, Pissarro sought to capture a moment that would soon disappear, i.e., the sunset. (See also Monet's sunset).

Pissarro was emphatic on the sky which occupied up to two-thirds of the surface of this