The Louvre, Afternoon, Rainy Weather
1900 National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
About this artwork
This oil on canvas painting depicts a view of the Seine river looking toward the Louvre museum in Paris during an overcast, rainy afternoon. It is one of a series of urban landscapes that Pissarro painted from hotel windows in his later years.
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In his final years, Camille Pissarro suffered from an eye infection that made painting outdoors difficult, leading him to rent various hotel rooms in Paris and Rouen to capture city life from above. This vantage point allowed him to observe the bustling urban activity while shielded from the weather, resulting in a remarkable series of paintings that documented the modernization of Paris at the turn of the century.
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The Louvre, Afternoon, Rainy Weather
Camille Pissarro, 1900
