Route de la Porte d'Orléans
1867 Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris
About this artwork
A charcoal drawing by Armand Guillaumin depicting a industrial landscape with a factory chimney on the outskirts of Paris. The sketch captures the changing urban scenery of the 19th century.
Did you know?
Armand Guillaumin was a key figure in the Impressionist movement and a close friend of Paul Cézanne and Camille Pissarro. Despite his artistic brilliance, he initially supported himself by working for the Paris municipal government, often using his breaks to capture the rapidly industrializing landscape of the city's outskirts in works like this one.
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Route de la Porte d'Orléans
Armand Guillaumin, 1867
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