Entrance to the village of voisins yvelines 1872

Camille Pissarro

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Work Overview

Entrance to the Village of Voisins, Yvelines
(Entrance to the Village of Voisins le Bretonneux)
Camille Pissarro
Date: 1872
Style: Impressionism
Genre: landscape
Media: oil, canvas
Dimensions: 46 x 55.5 cm
Location: Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France


In this painting the outline, as used to define the form of an object, is avoided. The material quality is dissolved; nature becomes merely an illusion. The colours of the spectrum define the colour palette; black, for example, is hardly ever used.