Rain Effect

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Rain Effect

1879

Camille Pissarro (French, 1830–1903)

Pissarro was one of a number of Impressionist painter-printmakers who were fascinated with Japanese prints, many of which depicted landscape views from various perspectives at different times of day or in different seasons. Perhaps inspired by such examples, he added diagonal streaks across the plate in the sixth state of Rain Effect, transforming the hazy view of a hayfield into a rainy one.

Pissarro created the misty forms of the haystack and distant trees in this image using spit-bite. In this method acid is mixed with a viscous substance (such as saliva) and selectively applied over the aquatint, etching the tone more deeply to produce darker, diffuse shapes when printed.

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Object Details

Title:

Rain Effect

Date:

1879

Artist:

Camille Pissarro (French, 1830–1903)

Medium:

Etching, drypoint and spit-bite aquatint printed in black ink

Dimensions:

Plate: 6 5/16 × 8 3/8 inches (16 × 21.3 cm) Sheet: 8 9/16 × 10 1/16 inches (21.8 × 25.5 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

Purchased with the Joseph E. Temple Fund and the Edgar Viguers Seeler Fund, 1948

Accession Number:

1948-76-241

Geography:

Made in France, Europe

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