Haystacks, Morning, Éragny
1899
Step into a quiet French morning with Pissarro, who uses quick, choppy brushstrokes to make the sunlight dance across the grass. On the left, massive haystacks sit like golden pillows, while a tiny figure wanders under the tall trees on the right, perhaps heading to work. Pissarro was a central figure in Impressionism and actually mentored artists like Cézanne and Gauguin. He painted this scene in Éragny, the village where he settled down and found peace away from the busy art world of Paris.