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What is depicted in Camille Pissarro’s The Tuileries Garden in the Rain?
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Self-Portrait, oil on canvas by Camille Pissarro, 1873; in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
The Tuileries Garden in the Rain (1899) is a notable work from a series of "weather studies" created by Camille Pissarro during the 1890s.1
Painted from the window of his rented Paris apartment, the canvas depicts a view looking out over the gardens toward the River Seine. The painting exemplifies Pissarro's dedication to the Impressionist style through his use of complementary colors, including a pale blue sky and brownish-orange pathways. These elements are juxtaposed with flecks of white and silvery gray to capture the specific atmosphere and fleeting mood of a rainy day.1