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The Public Garden at Pontoise

Camille Pissarro

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Impressionist painting depicting a public garden scene. A large tree stands in center foreground on light-colored dirt. People dressed in late 19th-century clothing walk around or play. A hedge runs horizontally across the middle background. Beyond the hedge, a hill covered in greenery and pink flowers rises. People sit atop the hill. A cloudy blue sky dominates the top left. The painting is titled "The Public Garden at Pontoise" by Camille Pissarro.

Artwork details

Date:
1874
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
599 × 499 px
Museum record:
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