During work on a recent project, we found ourselves in a stunning apartment overlooking the Place Dauphine to one side and the Pont Neuf to the other. From this second floor apartment we were completely enchanted to be able to enjoy the very view Camillle Pissaro felt compelled to record in this painting, which is now housed in the Krannert Art Museum at the University of Illinois. Pissaro painted numerous works from different rooms he rented in Paris. Many were painted here on the Ile de la Cité showing this little park with a statue of Henry IV in the center. Here is the view from that same window today!
Painting (top):
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903)
Statue of Henri IV, Morning, Winter Sunlight, 1900
Oil on canvas 29 x 36 3/4
Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois
Photo: taken from 2nd floor apartment of 28 Place Dauphine, 75001. February 2012
Painting (bottom):
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903)
Le Pont Neuf, naufrage de la 'Bonne mere'
Signed and dated C. Pissarro 1901
Oil on canvas
25 7/8 x 32 inches
Christie's King Street, London, Impressionist Sale, 18 June 2007
Photo: taken from 2nd floor apartment of 28 Place Dauphine, 75001. February 2012
(Source: kam.uiuc.edu)
Le Pont Neuf, naufrage de la 'Bonne mere'
Signed and dated C. Pissarro 1901
Oil on canvas
25 7/8 x 32 inches
Christie's King Street, London, Impressionist Sale, 18 June 2007
Photo: taken from 2nd floor apartment of 28 Place Dauphine, 75001. February 2012
(Source: kam.uiuc.edu)
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