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The Harvest at Montfoucault by Pissarro
An 1876 oil on canvas landscape, The Harvest at Montfoucault, by Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), the Danish-French impressionist painter. The artist in this period was particularly interested in capturing the bleached effect of colours in the...

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Hoar Frost by Pissarro
An 1873 oil on canvas landscape, Hoar Frost, by Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), the Danish-French impressionist painter. This was selected by the artist for display in the First Impressionist Exhibition in Paris in 1874. It was savaged by the...

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Roofs of Old Rouen by Pissarro
An 1896 oil on canvas landscape, Roofs of Old Rouen, Grey Weather, by Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), the Danish-French impressionist painter. The artist has built up his composition using blocks of grey and red and the brushwork varies across...

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View from My Window by Pissarro
An 1886 (reworked in 1888) oil on canvas landscape, View from My Window, Éragny-sur-Epte, by Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), the Danish-French impressionist painter. The artist moved to Éragny in 1884 and lived there for the rest of his life...

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The Road to Louveciennes by Pissarro
An 1870 oil on canvas landscape, The Road to Louveciennes, by Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), the Danish-French impressionist painter. The simple composition and colour tones are typical of the artist's work in this period. He painted many...

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L'Hermitage at Pontoise by Pissarro
A c. 1868 oil on canvas painting, L'Hermitage at Pontoise (aka Hills of the Hermitage), by Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), the Danish-French impressionist painter. The artist lived in Pontoise for two spells and painted many village and rural...

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Peasant Women Planting Pea Sticks by Pissarro
An 1891 gouache and chalk on silk painting, Peasant Women Planting Pea Sticks, by Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), the Danish-French impressionist painter. The artist was interested in capturing an idealised view of rural life in many works...

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Madame Pissarro Sewing by Pissarro
A c. 1885 oil on canvas, Madame Pissarro Sewing, by Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), the Danish-French impressionist painter. The artist met Julie Vellay, then a cook's assistant, in 1860. They finally married in 1871 and had eight children...

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Crystal Palace by Pissarro
An 1871 oil on canvas, Crystal Palace, by Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), the Danish-French impressionist painter. Pissarro lived and painted in England during the Franco-Prussian War. He met the art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel and this was the...

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Saint Peter and Simon Magus
Saint Peter and Simon Magus, tempera on wood by Benozzo Gozzoli (c. 1420-1497).
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.