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The Avenue, Sydenham

Camille Pissarro (1830–1903)

The National Gallery, London

The Avenue, Sydenham

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This is one of 12 pictures that Pissarro painted while in self-imposed exile in London from 1870 to 1871 during the Franco-Prussian war. The Avenue was a wide, tree-lined street in Sydenham, a fashionable semi-rural suburb near Crystal Palace in south London. The location can be identified today as Lawrie Park Avenue with the church of Saint Bartholomew, built in 1832, in the distance. This springtime scene would have been painted in April or May 1871, shortly before Pissarro’s return to France.

Although a painting of an outdoor location, Pissarro completed it in his studio. With the exception of the sky, he mixed much of the paint with white to reduce the colour contrasts and create a consistent light tonality throughout. The traditional use of perspective, acceptable degree of finish and picturesque motif were perhaps intended to appeal to English buyers wary of the swift brushwork of Impressionist painting.

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Title

The Avenue, Sydenham

Date

1871

Medium

Oil on canvas

Measurements

H 48 x W 73 cm

Accession number

NG6493

Acquisition method

Bought, 1984

Work type

Painting

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Camille Pissarro

1830–1903

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