![Camille Pissarro - The Avenue, Sydenham [1871] by Gandalf's Gallery](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tMYTb4dJA6CYlS0HJxhlg6OyD2EZ80MQ6ST-c3cN8bYlTDpbstKqGkhhcJozrCd-qhOnStTum5gIBrzSFZzgvBn3llLAonDf8GCPsykZDwizAVOhfLUgnV0-Bp9YVaBQ=s0-d)
This painting is among the largest that Pissarro is known to have painted in London during the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1). These works mainly represent scenes in the area of Norwood where Pissarro stayed until June 1871. This work depicts a scene that is little changed today. The painting conveys the atmosphere of an early spring day, with oak trees coming into leaf against a soft blue sky. Technical analysis shows that the main outlines of the landscape were painted first and the figures added over the paint that had dried.
[Oil on canvas, 48 x 73 cm]
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