The Côte des Bœufs, Pontoise
Camille Pissarro · 1877
Why it's great
A hillside covered with orchards and small houses climbs above a village in the countryside near Paris. Pissarro painted the Côte des Bœufs hill many times, and Paul Cézanne later painted the same spot beside him. Painting the same place side by side taught both artists how to build a picture from color. It's a historic landscape of the early Impressionists.
Where to see it
📍 National GalleryLondon, United Kingdom
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Camille Pissarro was born on the island of St. Thomas in the Caribbean and moved to France as a teen. He was the oldest of the Impressionists and a father figure and teacher to many younger painters, including Cézanne. He painted farms, villages and city streets in France. He died in Paris in 1903. Pissarro came from a Sephardic Jewish family, and his background shaped his lifelong sympathy for ordinary working people.
