Peasant Women Sitting Guarding Cows
1886
Camille Pissarro captures a quiet rural moment where two peasant women sit in a vibrant green pasture, keeping watch over a small herd of cows. Painted in 1886, this piece showcases Pissarro's brief but fascinating flirtation with Pointillism, using short, distinct strokes of color rather than his usual loose Impressionist brushwork. As the only artist to exhibit in all eight original Impressionist shows, Pissarro was always experimenting, and here he turns a simple scene of country life into a shimmering, mosaic-like field of color.
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