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La Frette and Sartrouville
(La Frette et Sartrouville)
1924
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
60.3 × 73.0 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1925
Gallery location
Late 19th & early 20th Century Paintings & Decorative Arts Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
In April 1924 Lucien Pissarro moved to the town of La Frette on the river Seine. He wrote, ‘Well the hen has found the nest, but the eggs are still to come – the nest is to be at La Frette, a village not far from Paris – a charming place with hills covered with lilacs, the river banks are charming, on the whole very paintable’. In this period Pissarro’s style became flatter and more economical, and his pigments drier. By mid July he was outside painting every day in the summer heat. Pissarro subtitled this painting Grey, in reference to the cooler light.
Artwork Details
Inscription
inscribed in grey paint l.l.: LP (monogram) 1924
Accession Number
1425-3
Department
International Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Subjects (general)
Landscapes
Subjects (specific)
bends (streams) France (nation) riverbanks riverine landscapes rivers Sartrouville (inhabited place) Seine River (river)