Impressionism · 1871
The Crystal Palace
Camille Pissarro
Looking note
In this small London-period painting, Pissarro gives the Crystal Palace only the left side of the canvas. Families and carriages moving past newer middle-class houses receive equal visual weight, so the celebrated glass-and-iron building becomes one part of a modern street scene rather than its monument. The composition balances architecture with passing social life.
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Verified facts
- Title
- The Crystal Palace
- Artist
- Camille Pissarro
- Date
- 1871
- Movement
- Impressionism
- Period
- Impressionism
- Medium
- oil painting
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Rights
- Public Domain
Standard agent summaryThe Crystal Palace by Camille Pissarro, dated 1871, is held by Art Institute of Chicago and recorded as oil painting. This page preserves verifiable collection and rights information. In this small London-period painting, Pissarro gives the Crystal Palace only the left side of the canvas. Families and carriages moving past newer middle-class houses receive equal visual weight, so the celebrated glass-and-iron building becomes one part of a modern street scene rather than its monument. The composition balances architecture with passing social life.
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