Peasant Girl with a Straw Hat
1881 National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
About this artwork
This portrait depicts a young girl wearing a straw hat and blue work clothes, executed with Pissarro's characteristic focus on light and texture. It is a prime example of the artist's fascination with rural life in France during the late 19th century.
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Pissarro often sought out the dignity of rural workers, shifting his gaze from the bourgeois spectacles of Paris to the simple, daily lives of the peasantry. This work illustrates his deep commitment to naturalism and his ability to capture the subtle, fleeting light of the French countryside on his subject's youthful features.
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Peasant Girl with a Straw Hat
Camille Pissarro, 1881
