{"product_id":"two-plowmen-in-a-field-by-camille-pissarro","title":"Two Plowmen in a Field by Camille Pissarro","description":"Camille Pissarro\u003cbr\u003e 1830-1903 | French \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eDeux laboureurs dans un champ\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003e(Two Plowmen in a Field)\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Signed with artist's monogram \"C.P.\" (lower right)\u003cbr\u003e Pencil on paper \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Throughout his career, Camille Pissarro elevated the lives of rural workers, portraying their labor with honesty, dignity and profound humanity. This intimate drawing of two workers comes from an important period in the Impressionist master’s career. After decades devoted largely to landscape painting, Pissarro increasingly turned his attention to the human figure, creating works across a range of media that explored the lives of rural laborers and peasant women who became central subjects in his art. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Depicting two figures tending to a field, the work captures the dignity and intimacy of rural life with extraordinary immediacy. Rendered with confident lines, the drawing demonstrates Pissarro’s mastery of form while preserving the freshness of a moment observed directly from life. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Born in St. Thomas in the Danish West Indies, Pissarro was sent to school in Paris at the age of 11, where he first displayed a talent for drawing. In 1855, having convinced his parents of his determination to pursue a career as an artist rather than work in the family shipping business, he returned to Paris, where he studied at the Académie Suisse alongside Claude Monet. At the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, Pissarro moved to England. Along with Monet, he painted a series of landscapes around South-East London and studied English landscape painters in the museums. When he returned home to Louveciennes a year later, Pissarro discovered that all but 40 of the 1,500 paintings he had left there—almost 20 years of work—had been vandalized. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In 1872, Pissarro settled in Pontoise, where he remained for the next 10 years, gathering a close circle of friends around him. Gauguin was among the many artists to visit him there, and Cézanne, who lived nearby, came for long periods to work and learn. In 1874, Pissarro participated in the first Impressionist exhibition and became the only painter to exhibit in all eight of their shows, underscoring why he is known today as the “Father of Impressionism.” His revolutionary approach to painting and his deeply human compositions had a profound effect on his contemporaries and the future of modern art. His work can be found in many of the most important museums and private collections throughout the world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This work is accompanied by its certificate of authenticity on behalf of Joachim Pissarro and will be included in the artist's forthcoming catalogue raisonné of works on paper. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Circa 1895 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Paper: 6 1\/4\" high x 11 1\/4\" wide (15.88 x 28.58 cm)\u003cbr\u003e Frame: 18\" high x 23 5\/8\" wide x 2 1\/4\" deep (45.72 x 60.01 x 5.72 cm) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Provenance:\u003cbr\u003e Private collection, Switzerland\u003cbr\u003e Private collection, England\u003cbr\u003e M.S. Rau, New Orleans","brand":"M.S. Rau","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45257363980423,"sku":"32-2687","price":38500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0083\/2471\/0466\/files\/32-2687_1.png?v=1784236869","url":"https:\/\/rauantiques.com\/products\/two-plowmen-in-a-field-by-camille-pissarro","provider":"M.S. Rau","version":"1.0","type":"link"}