pissarro marne chennevieres SEARCHANISE_IGNORE where the peaceful rural environment

where the peaceful rural environment offered the painter all kinds of countryside landscapes and distinctive lights in each season of the year

and a group sitting on a bench

one of the great masters of Impressionism

The chromatic minimalism turns the piece into a timeless visual accent

This last statement is supported by the price that the work reached in 2001

pissarro marne chennevieres SEARCHANISE_IGNORE where the peaceful rural environmentThe painting was made with brush and palette knife, during the artist's stay in La Varenne Saint Hilaire, a city that today belongs to Saint Maur des Fosss, southeast of Paris. The tones are deep: greens, whites, and blues. The composition shows a mid horizon landscape, the land flooded by the river, in the background the rudimentary constructions of the village: the church and the factories.