Abstract
This paper compares the impressionist artist, Camille Pissarro's late paintings in Paris to the fashionable figure of the flaneur, a persona who observes people, fashion, and activity on the streets of Paris. Pissarro represents a modern flaneur, by painting the streets and views of Paris, from a height. In seven series of Paris, is able to portray the city at its fullness. This paper examines two series in Paris, one of the Bouelvard Montmartre and the other of the Tuleries gardens. Each represents a portion of the city; Pissarro paints the changing activity, and conditions on the elongated boulevards and he paints the serene escape from hectic city life in the Tuileries gardens. Through these two series, Pissarro depicts a modern city in a modern style.
Advisor
Siewert, John
Department
Art and Art History
Recommended Citation
Hazlett, Laura, "Camille Pissarro's View of a Modern City: Paintings in Paris, 1893-1903" (2011). Senior Independent Study Theses. Paper 138.
https://openworks.wooster.edu/independentstudy/138
Disciplines
History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology | Theory and Criticism
Keywords
impressionist, pissarr, paris, city, modern, flaneur, series
Publication Date
2011
Degree Granted
Bachelor of Arts
Document Type
Senior Independent Study Thesis
© Copyright 2011 Laura Hazlett