Boulevard Montmartre - Mardi-Gras, 1897 Camille Jacob Pissarro (1830-1903)
Location: Armand Hammer Museum of Art at UCLA Los Angeles USAOriginal Size: 65 x 81.3 cm
Oil Painting Reproduction
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Description
Painted by European Аrtists with Academic Education
Museum Quality
+ 4 cm (1.6") Margins for Stretching
Creation Time: 8-9 Weeks
Creation Process
We create our paintings with museum quality and covering the highest academic standards. Once we get your order, it will be entirely hand-painted with oil on canvas. All the materials we use are the highest level, being totally artist graded painting materials and linen canvas.
We will add 1.6" (4 cm) additional blank canvas all over the painting for stretching.
High quality and detailing in every inch are time consuming. The reproduction of Camille Jacob Pissarro also needs time to dry in order to be completely ready for shipping, as this is crucial to not be damaged during transportation.
Based on the size, level of detail and complexity we need 8-9 weeks to complete the process.
In case the delivery date needs to be extended in time, or we are overloaded with requests, there will be an email sent to you sharing the new timelines of production and delivery.
TOPofART wants to remind you to keep patient, in order to get you the highest quality, being our mission to fulfill your expectations.
We not stretch and frame our oil paintings due to several reasons:
Painting reproduction is a high quality expensive product, which we cannot risk to damage by sending it being stretched.
Also, there are postal restrictions, regarding the size of the shipment.
Additionally, due to the dimensions of the stretched canvas, the shipment price may exceed the price of the product itself.
You can stretch and frame your painting in your local frame-shop.
Delivery
Once the painting Boulevard Montmartre - Mardi-Gras is ready and dry, it will be shipped to your delivery address. The canvas will be rolled-up in a secure postal tube.
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Museum Quality
The paintings we create are only of museum quality. Our academy graduated artists will never allow a compromise in the quality and detail of the ordered painting. TOPofART do not work, and will never allow ourselves to work with low quality studios from the Far East. We are based in Europe, and quality is our highest priority.
Additional Information
Pissarro’s palette is, at first glance, subdued, dominated by earthy browns, grays, and greens, with muted shades of pink and red. But look closer, and there is an astonishing variety within this restrained color range - the subtle touches of green and pink in the trees, the scattered umbrellas in the crowd, the hints of warm ochre and sienna in the buildings. These colors lend depth to the scene, while maintaining a tonal unity that brings cohesion to the composition. The warm, muted colors convey a sense of early spring, with a city that is neither entirely bleak nor fully in bloom.
In his technique, Pissarro combines loose, vigorous brushstrokes with a methodical application of color. The people on the boulevard are not rendered individually but appear as flecks and dashes, mere suggestions of figures that blend into a rhythmic pattern. This approach is not about capturing likenesses but rather the impression of a moving crowd. His brushwork on the trees and buildings is similarly suggestive, avoiding sharp lines in favor of a hazy, atmospheric quality. The paint, thick and layered in places, emphasizes texture and creates a tangible sense of place - gritty and alive, much like the streets of Paris themselves.
The composition is brilliantly balanced, leading the viewer’s eye from the foreground figures up through the crowded boulevard to the vanishing point, creating a sense of depth and movement that mirrors the crowd’s dynamic energy. This central pathway pulls us in, inviting us to imagine ourselves amidst the bustle. Yet, despite the lively scene, there is a detachment - Pissarro’s elevated perspective, the distance from the figures below. It’s as if we’re voyeurs peering into this spectacle, granted a panoramic view yet kept at arm’s length.
Pissarro painted this during a time of rapid change in Paris, at the height of Impressionism, when the city was transforming into the modern metropolis we recognize today. His work captures not just a street scene but a society in flux - a kaleidoscope of class, culture, and energy under the gray Parisian sky. The painting is, ultimately, a celebration of the modern urban experience, depicting the anonymity and vibrancy of city life with an artist’s keen, unsentimental eye.
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