Géricault Street, in Rouen
1896
Camille Pissarro takes us down a moody, narrow alley in Rouen in this 1896 print. The street, named after the dramatic painter Théodore Géricault, is lined with crooked, half-timbered houses that look like they're leaning in for a gossip. Unlike his famous sunny landscapes, this etching uses scratchy, dark lines to create a gritty, atmospheric urban scene. You can almost hear the cart wheels clattering over the cobblestones! It shows that the 'father of Impressionism' was just as comfortable capturing the shadows of city life as he was the light of the countryside.
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