Rain Effect, 1879 (printed 1930), Camille Pissarro, French, 1830–1903, 6 1/4 × 8 3/8 in. ( × cm) (plate)10 1/4 × 13 7/16 in. ( × cm) (sheet), Etching and aquatint, France, 19th century, Camille Pissarro was a founding father of Impressionism. This image of two people out in the rain is typical of his interest in the experiences everyday life. The disarmingly modest subject belies the technical sophistication of the Pissarro’s development of the image. His initial conception of the scene was painted with a brush and bitten into the copper printing plate using the aquatint

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Photo credit: © Penta Springs / Alamy / Afripics
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