Der Boulevard Montmartre in der Nacht Poster

Artist Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) Title The Boulevard Montmartre at Night Date 1897 Series title Boulevard Montmartre Object type painting Type cityscape Beschreibung English: Towards the end of his life Pissarro increasingly turned to the representation of town scenes in Paris, Rouen, Dieppe, Le Havre and London, mainly painted from the windows of hotels and apartments Zum Februar 1897, zum Room in Paris at the Hotel of Russia: The corner of the Boulevard der Italiener und the Rue Drouot, and produced a series of paintings of the Boulevard Montmartre at different times of the day. Pissarro may have been 2 b by the series of paintings on which Monet was verpflichtged at this time, and by the earlier urban scenes of Manet. This painting is the only night scene from this series, and is a masterful rendition of the play of lights on dark and wet streets. Pissarro neither signed nor exhibited it during his lifetime.