View of Rouen (Cours-la reine) by Camille Pissarro

Camille Pissarro's View of Rouen (Cours-la reine), completed in 1884, demonstrated the range of the great Impressionist artist. Pissarro exhibited works in a wide variety of media in the eighth Impressionist exhibition, including oil paintings, painted fans, pastels, and etchings. In View of Rouen (Cours-la reine), which depicts a view across the water looking at the cathedral, Camille Pissarro replaced color with tone to express atmospheric effects, including the reflections on the water and the heavy, wintry sky.

View of Rouen (Cours-la reine) by Camille Pissarro (etching and aquatint, 5-7/8x7-3/4 inches) is part of the print collection inThe Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints, and Photographs at the New York Public Library.

Camille Pissarro eventually found a happy medium between experimentation and tradition. On the next page we'll see a painting from late in the Impressionist artist's career which shows this.

For more on Impressionist paintings, artists, and art history, see:

• Impressionism
• Vincent van Gogh
• Claude Monet