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Fox Hill, Upper Norwood

Camille Pissarro (1830–1903)

The National Gallery, London

Fox Hill, Upper Norwood

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This is one of 12 surviving pictures that Camille Pissarro made while in self-imposed exile in south London from late 1870 to mid-1871 during the Franco-Prussian war. Perhaps the first picture he painted while in London, it is one of the more rural scenes of the group and is similar to landscapes he had been painting near his home to the west of Paris.

It’s still possible to identify the site today – the road at Fox Hill retains its slight bend. However, Pissarro was perhaps more interested in the atmospheric effects of the light and weather than in precise topography, and the painting may have been first exhibited in London with the title Effet de neige (Snow Effect).

The picture has the appearance of having been painted quickly on site in the open air, as Pissarro worked rapidly and energetically, but it was completed in several stages.

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Title

Fox Hill, Upper Norwood

Date

1870

Medium

Oil on canvas

Measurements

H 35.3 x W 45.7 cm

Accession number

NG6351

Acquisition method

Presented by Viscount and Viscountess Radcliffe, 1964

Work type

Painting

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Camille Pissarro

1830–1903

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