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Rue de Roches au Valhermeil à Auvers-sur-Oise, thatched cottages and cow

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This evocative painting captures a serene rural street scene nestled in the village of Auvers-sur-Oise, where rustic thatched cottages line a meandering path bathed in soft daylight. The artist’s textured brushstrokes create a tactile surface, blending muted earth tones with bursts of verdant greens and the cool blues of a partly cloudy sky. The figures—a couple tending to a cow—are rendered with a gentle impressionistic touch, suggesting movement and life without sharp detail, inviting viewers to imagine the quiet rhythms of countryside life. The composition leads the eye down the winding lane, framed by the natural, irregular shapes of the cottages and trees, evoking a feeling of peaceful isolation and timelessness. The overall palette, dominated by soft grays, greens, and blues, conveys a calm, contemplative mood, enhanced by the diffused light that softens edges and merges forms.

Rue de Roches au Valhermeil à Auvers-sur-Oise, thatched cottages and cow

Camille Pissarro

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1888

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5712 × 4648 px
730 × 597 mm

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