Hampton Court Green

1891

Camille Pissarro

Artist, French, born St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, 1830 - 1903

Camille Pissarro

Attributed to

The painting a game being played on a grassy field. The game is taking place in the central green lawn with buildings in the distance, surrounded by trees. On the lawn are several small figures, with some standing and some running, although the details are hard to make out. The image has been created using small dots of paint, making everything look slightly blurred. The sky at the top of the painting is light blue with some large white clouds.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 54.3 x 73 cm (21 3/8 x 28 3/4 in.)
    framed: 76.2 x 95.2 x 9.5 cm (30 x 37 1/2 x 3 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1970.17.53

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Purchased from the artist 24 February 1892 by (Durand-Ruel, Paris);[1] sold 27 February 1911 to (Paul Cassirer, Berlin).[2] English private collection; purchased 1951 by (Marlborough Fine Art, London). (Arthur Tooth & Sons, London); sold 8 May 1952 to (Sam Salz, Inc., New York); sold September 1953 to Oscar Howalka; [3] (Sam Salz, Inc, New York); sold 9 June 1954 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York;[4] bequest 1970 to NGA.
[1 ]Durand-Ruel stock number 2346 provided in letter dated 12 July 1983 from Charles Durand-Ruel.
[2] See letter dated 21 October 2000 from Walter Feilchenfeldt.
[3] Provenance from English private colletion to Howalka per Joachim Pissarro and Claire Durand-Ruel Snollaerts, Pissarro: Catalogue critique des peintures, 3 vols., Milan, Paris, and New York, 2005: III:no. 887.
[4] Dated receipt in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1892

  • Association pour l'Art, Anvers, 1892, no. 3

1961

  • French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century from the Collection of Mrs. Mellon Bruce, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1961, no. 38, repro

1965

  • C. Pissarro, Wildenstein & Co., New York, 1965, no. 52, repro.

1966

  • French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 33, repro

1984

  • Loan for display with permanent collection, Munch Museum, Oslo, 1984-1985.

1986

  • Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, State Hermitage Museum, Leningrad; State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, 1986, no. 23, repro.

1989

  • Impressionisti della National Gallery of Art di Washington, Ala Napoleonica e Museo Correr, Venice; Palazzo Reale, Milan, 1989, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

1990

  • Französische Impressionisten und ihre Wegbereiter aus der National Gallery of Art, Washington und dem Cincinnati Art Museum, Neue Pinakothek, Munich, 1990, no. 42, repro.

1992

  • From El Greco to Cézanne: Masterpieces of European Painting from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and The Metroplitan Museum of Art, New York, National Gallery of Greece, Athens, 1992-1993, no. 53, repro.

1994

  • Camille Pissarro: Impressionist Innovator, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem; The Jewish Museum, New York, 1994-1995, no. 97, repro.

1996

  • Obras Maestras de la National Gallery of Art de Washington, Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City, 1996-1997, unnumbered catalogue, 152-153, color repro.

1999

  • Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 1999, no. 46, repro.

  • Around Impressionism: French Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1999, no cat.

  • Camille Pissarro, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, 1999-2000, no. 61.

2005

  • Camille Pissarro, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2005-2006, no. 58, repro.

2016

  • Ways of Pointillism: Seurat, Signac, Van Gogh, Albertina, Vienna, 2016-2017, no. 21, repro.

2017

  • The EY Exhibition: Impressionists in London: French Artists in Exile, 1870-1904, Tate Britain, London; Musée du Petit Palais, Paris, 2017-2018, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

2021

  • Camille Pissarro. The Studio of Modernism, Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, 2021 - 2022, no. 85, repro.

Bibliography

1939

  • Pissarro, Ludovic and Lionello Venturi. Camille Pissarro, son art, son oeuvre. 2 vols. Paris, 1939: 1:186, no. 746; 2:pl. 155.

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 272, repro.

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 508, no. 761, color repro.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 315, repro.

1993

  • Reid, Martin. Pissarro. London, 1993: 118, repro.

2005

  • Pissarro, Joachim and Claire Durand-Ruel Snollaerts, Pissarro: Critical Catalogue of the Paintings, 3 vols., Milan, Paris and New York, 2005: III:no. 887, repro.

Inscriptions

lower left: C. Pissarro.1891

Wikidata ID

Q20190255

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