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Père Melon sawing Wood, Pontoise

Père Melon sawing Wood, Pontoise






Date : 1879

Sizes : 116 cm x 89 cm
Material : Oil on canvas
Acquisition : On loan from a private collection
National Gallery
Seurat and Pissarro
Main Building
First Floor - Section 44
Item 4 on 18
French Painting
Painting

Area related
Pontoise (France)

Description   

This exceptionally large painting, with its countless small touches of color, is one of only two in Pissarro's career depicting a male peasant. The old man at work here is Père Melon, who lived near Pissarro at Pontoise.
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