A Village Street, Louveciennes, Camille Pissarro

A Village Street, Louveciennes 1871 Camille Pissarro 1830-1903 Pissarro was the oldest and most consistent Impressionist and was the only artist to exhibit at all of their shows. He moved to the Parisian suburb of Louveciennes in 1869 to join other painters such as Monet, Renoir and Sisley, but left in 1870 because of the Franco-Prussian War. This view was painted after his return in 1871. Suburbs interested the Impressionists as modern subjects. Villages like Louveciennes had become subsumed by Paris, while rail made them accessible to middle-class tourists. Here Pissarro records a way of life under threat.