Rain Effect, 1879 (printed 1930)
Camille Pissarroexpand_more
Etching and aquatintexpand_more
Gift of C.G. Boerner in honor of Rachel McGarryexpand_more 2014.146
Not on Viewexpand_more
Camille Pissarro was a founding father of Impressionism. This image of two people out in the rain is typical of his interest in the experiences everyday life. The disarmingly modest subject belies the technical sophistication of the Pissarro’s development of the image. His initial conception of the scene was painted with a brush and bitten into the copper printing plate using the aquatint technique, resulting in a dreamy, foggy image—see Mia's trial proof impression taken at this early juncture (2008.9.1). He then scratched at the plate with his drypoint needle, adding compositional elements, such as the two people and the steaks of rain that give the image its name, eventually giving greater substance and definition to the forms.
Details
- Title
- Rain Effect
- Artist Life
- 1830–1903
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2014.146
- Provenance
- Sale, Auktionshaus Zofingen, Zofingen, Switzerland; November 30, 2013, no. 1878; [August Laube, Zurich, 2014]; [C. G. Boerner, New York, 2014; given to MIA]
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Delteil 24 vi/vi
- Curator Approved
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