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| Artist | Pissarro, Lucien (French painter, printmaker, and typographical designer, 1863-1944, active in England) |
| Title | Kew Gardens |
| Date | 1892 (dated) |
| Material | oil on panel |
| Measurements | 15 x 23 cm (estimate) |
| Inscription | front ll 'LC' (monogram stamp, within circle); back lc 'Artists Warfund, Kew Gardens, Lucien Pissarro, The Brook, Stamford Brook' |
| Description | This small canvas represents a leafy corner of Kew Gardens, perhaps painted on the spot by Lucien Pissarro in 1892. The artist was the eldest son of the Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro, by whom he was taught. Like his father, Lucien often worked in a sketchy manner, as can be seen here. Lucien spent several years in England in the 1890s, and he lived near Kew which he painted on several occasions. He was newly married and it is perhaps his wife Esther who is shown here walking through the Gardens. |
| Subject | figure; everyday life; buildings and gardens (Kew Gardens); place (Kew) |
| Collection | Northampton Museum and Art Gallery |
| Current accession number | 2002.78.8 |
| Acquisition details | Bequeathed by William Alwyn 2002. |
| Provenance | Sold by the artist in aid of the Artists' War Fund, 1941. |
| Principal publications | Thorold, A., A Catalogue of the Oil Paintings of Lucien Pissarro, London, 1983, cat. no. 54, pp. 7, 58, ill. |
| Notes | On reverse, label in artist's own hand, inscribed as noted above. |
| Rights status | Northampton Museum and Art Gallery |
| Author | Dr Angela Smith |
