Considered the father of Impressionists, Camille Pissarro was pivotal within the movement, known especially for his pastoral landscapes that captured the peacefulness of rural life. “In 1884, [he] moved to Éragny-sur-Epte, north of Paris. The orchard and surrounding countryside became the principal motifs in his paintings of the 1890s” (The Fitzwilliam Museum).

Pissarro is mighty talented at painting snow. I loved how this particular piece imbued a slight warmth to an otherwise cold season, achieved through the “peachy-mauve tonalities of snow in cool winter sunlight” (The Fitzwilliam Museum). It imparted a coziness to me, since I was absolutely freezing in the English chill ❄️

I first came across this painting in The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, and it captivated me – I legitimately just stood gazing upon it, and it hasn’t left my mind since. Sadly I can’t find much information on it, but it’s beautiful and delicate, and makes the cold easier to bear 😊

🌹 artist: Camille Pissarro | date: 1895 | medium: oil on canvas🌹