La Roche-Guyon
1866
Long before he was dabbing bright colors onto canvas as a founding Impressionist, Camille Pissarro was capturing the rugged French countryside in black and white. Here, a lone laborer pushes a cart up a winding road, dwarfed by a massive, jagged rock formation that looks like a ruined castle. The sky above is a chaotic swirl of scratchy lines, giving the whole scene a windy, restless energy. You can even see the words 'epreuve d'etat' at the bottom left, marking this as a special trial print used to check the plate's progress before the final edition.
- Technique
- etching
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