Poplars, Eragny by Pissarro in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 2011

Title: Poplars, Eragny

Artist: Camille Pissarro (French, Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas 1830–1903 Paris)

Date: 1895

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 36 1/2 x 25 1/2 in. (92.7 x 64.8 cm)

Classification: Paintings

Credit Line: Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876-1967), 1967

Object Number: 67.187.93

This canvas of summer 1895 shows a corner of Pissarro's garden at Eragny, a small village in northern France where he lived from 1884 until his death. Pissarro likely painted this view from his studio window, as a persistent eye ailment hampered him from working outdoors. The picture was among the works that Pissarro sold in November to the dealer Durand-Ruel, who included it in a major exhibition of the artist’s work the following spring.

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437307