The nature of cities: impressionism. (Camille Pissarro's city paintings; Philadelphia Museum of Art)

The Economist (US) | March 27, 1993 | Copyright

AMONG the leading Impressionists, Camille Pissarro is remembered as a painter of peasants. It is a bit unfair. Rural life was only one of many themes he explored during a restless half-century of constantly pushing his art in new directions. Even in his old age, Pissarro's work took a startling turn, from the bucolic countryside to the bustling city.

Between 1893 and 1903, when he died, he created more than 300 views of Paris, Rouen, Le Havre and Dieppe. About 60 of these pictures have been gathered into a stimulating exhibition, "The Impressionist and the City", at the ...

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