Rue Damiette, Rouen (c. 1884): Art, History and Details

Rue Damiette, Rouen (c. 1884) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Camille Pissarro (French, 1830–1903).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

This drawing was created during an early trip of many that Camille Pissarro took to Rouen, a port city in northern France. It inspired the artist to create a virtually identical etching around the same time, and may have served as a preparatory sketch for that work. A founding member of the Impressionist group, Pissarro spent much of his career painting the rural and landscape outdoors and paid particular attention to the effects of weather and natural light. Here, the gray skies over the town echo the muted tone of the stone buildings that occupy a quiet side street.

Object facts

• Title: Rue Damiette, Rouen
• Date: c. 1884
• Creator attribution: Camille Pissarro (French, 1830–1903)
• Culture: France, 19th century
• Type: Drawing
• Technique: black chalk and watercolor on wove paper
• Dimensions: Sheet: 29.2 x 22.7 cm (11 1/2 x 8 15/16 in.)
• Collection: DR - French
• Department: Drawings
• Accession number: 1968.357

A detail from the museum

Because of its picturesque qualities, Rouen's rue Damiette has served as a subject for numerous artists.

Collection credit

Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection

Further reading listed by the museum

• Exhibition of Modern French Paintings, Water Colors and Drawings. Exh. Cat. New York: C.W. Kraushaar Art Galleries, 1927.
• Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1969." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 57, no. 1 (1970): 2-50.
• De Leiris, Alain, and Carol Hynning Smith. From Delacroix to Cezanne: French Watercolor Landscapes of the Nineteenth Century. Exh. Cat. College Park, Md.: University of Maryland, 1977.

View the collection record

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