Title: Hermitage Garden,

Artist: Camille Pissarro

Hermitage Garden, Maison Rouge1877 Camille PissarroFrench, 1830–1903 Oil on canvas Pissarro once commented that his art was not designed for the hurried viewer. Densely packed with brushstrokes applied with varying degrees of force and energy, this canvas is richly encrusted with painterly detail. The garden’s inhabitants—a child at play and an older woman bent over her sewing—each absorbed in quiet activity—epitomize the intense concentration with which Pissarro believed his paintings should be viewed.