Collections: European Art: The Climb, Rue de la Côte-du-Jalet, Pontoise (Chemin montant, rue de la Côte-du-Jalet, Pontoise)

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The Climb, Rue de la Côte-du-Jalet, Pontoise (Chemin montant, rue de la Côte-du-Jalet, Pontoise)

In 1873 Pissarro settled in Pontoise, a town northwest of Paris. He particularly favored painting the adjoining valley village of L’Hermitage, which offered the artist a mix of geometric and organic shapes: new homes squarely built of white stucco, with angular pitched roofs, nestled among dense foliage. For this painting, Pissarro positioned himself halfway up a winding footpath and selected a downward view of the hamlet through the trees. The work demonstrates a broad array of painting techniques, from sure, singular touches for distant windows and doors to thick palette-knife applications for the foreground greenery. Despite the variety of surface textures, Pissarro unifies the composition tonally: the whites and creams of the architecture appear in the tree trunks and well-trodden path, while the cool blues and warm ochers of the roofs bleed through the green foliage.


• Artist: Camille Jacob Pissarro, French, born in the Danish West Indies, 1830-1903
• Medium: Oil on canvas
• Place Made: France
• Dates: 1875
• Dimensions: 21 1/4 x 25 7/8 in. (54 x 65.7 cm) Frame: 27 3/4 x 32 1/4 x 3 in. (70.5 x 81.9 x 7.6 cm)
• Signature: Signed and dated lower right: "C. Pissarro./1875"
• Collections: European Art
• Museum Location: This item is on view in Beaux-Arts Court, South, 3rd Floor
• Accession Number: 22.60
• Credit Line: Purchased with funds given by Dikran G. Kelekian
• Image: Overall, 22.60_colorcorrected_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
Camille Jacob Pissarro (French, born in the Danish West Indies, 1830-1903). The Climb, Rue de la Côte-du-Jalet, Pontoise (Chemin montant, rue de la Côte-du-Jalet, Pontoise), 1875. Oil on canvas, 21 1/4 x 25 7/8 in. (54 x 65.7 cm) Frame: 27 3/4 x 32 1/4 x 3 in. (70.5 x 81.9 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by Dikran G. Kelekian, 22.60 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 22.60_colorcorrected_SL1.jpg)