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| Keywords: Camille Pissarro, Le verger (The Orchard), 1872.jpg Artwork Q21186834 creator Camille Pissarro 1872 Oil on canvas cm 45 1 54 9 Institution National Gallery of Art not on view accession number 1970 17 51 object history From http //www nga gov/fcgi-bin/tinfo_f object 52195 detail prov National Gallery of Art <br> Acquired from the artist in 1872 by Durand-Ruel Paris ; sold between 1882 and 1888 <ref>See letter dated 20 December 1977 from Charles Durand-Ruel in NGA curatorial files </ref> Alfred Bernheim Paris by 1936 <ref>Lent by Alfred Bernheim to the 1936 Paris exhibition </ref> Purchased 1946 by Alex Reid Lef 138vre London ; sold 14 March 1950 to Lady Baillie Arthur Tooth and Sons London ; sold June 1959 to Sam Salz Inc New York ; <ref>Provenance between Alex Reid Lefèvre and Arthur Tooth and Sons per Joachim Pissarro and Claire Durand-Ruel Snollaerts Pissarro Critical Catalogue of Paintings vol II no 248 Dated receipt from Salz to Mrs Bruce in NGA curatorial files </ref>sold 26 April 1960 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce 1901-1969 New York;<ref>bequest 1970 to NGA </ref> bequest 1970 to NGA <small> reflist </small> credit line Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection C Pissarro 1872 ~ lower right signature / date From http //www nga gov/fcgi-bin/tinfo_f object 52195 National Gallery of Art <br> Camille Pissarro one of the creators of the impressionist style was the only impressionist to participate in each of the eight group exhibitions He sent five paintings to the first show in 1874 Its modest scale and simple subject notwithstanding Orchard in Bloom Louveciennes headed the list of Pissarro's works in the catalogue perhaps for personal associations Fleeing with his family to London during the Franco-Prussian War the artist waited until late 1871 after the suppression of the Commune to return to his home in Louveciennes His house had been occupied and many of the paintings he had left behind had been destroyed As France began to rebuild the artist also gradually recovered from the disaster In Orchard in Bloom Louveciennes painted the next spring abundant white blossoms and freshly plowed soil are tokens of hope and renewal Early in his career Pissarro designated himself a pupil of Corot and in this 1872 painting Pissarro's broad method of composing and choice of a tranquil rural setting inhabited by a few small peasant figures still recall the older artist Pissarro was able to sell the painting in July 1872 soon after its completion It was bought by a new and important patron Paul Durand-Ruel one of the earliest impressionist purchases by the dealer remembered for his courageous and sustained support of the avant-garde artists http //www nga gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page 52195 html National Gallery of Art Washington D C http //www nga gov/collection/sfp/flash/image_movs/early/1970_17_51-zoom htm National Gallery of Art The Collection Orchard in Bloom Louveciennes PD-old-100 DEFAULTSORT Pissarro Camille; Orchard 1872; NGA Paintings of Louveciennes by Camille Pissarro 1872 1872 paintings by Camille Pissarro Paintings by Camille Pissarro in the National Gallery of Art Washington D C Orchards in art 1872 paintings in the United States Impressionist paintings in the National Gallery of Art | ||||
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