SOLITUDE

AN ORIGINAL WOODCUT DRAWN AND ENGRAVED ON THE WOOD BY LUCIEN PISSARRO

The black-and-white woodcut is centred on the page within a heavy black rectangular border. In the foreground is a dark-haired woman seated on a hill, reading. She holds a book in her lap with her left hand while her right hand supports her forehead as she looks down upon the page. She’s wearing a plain dress with a ruffled collar and puffed sleeves. She’s seated upon a grassy knoll scattered with flowers. Behind and below the figure is a rural village made up of small buildings with white walls and dark rooftops with chimneys. In the background, beyond the village, is a terraced hill occasionally interspersed with trees and clouds behind. On the furthest hill sits a solitary barn.

MLA citation:

Pissarro, Lucien. “Solitude.” The Dial, vol. 3, 1893. Dial Digital Edition, edited by Lorraine Janzen Kooistra, 2019-2020. Yellow Nineties 2.0, Ryerson University Centre for Digital Humanities, 2020. https://1890s.ca/dialv3-pissarro-solitude-AG/

magazine_images The Dial 3 Solitude Lucien Pissarro 1893 Wood engraving Figure in landscape Lucien Pissarro France and Rural France Book 19th century Day, Outdoor setting, Outside, Exterior, Landscape, Farmland, Cloud, Hill, Town, Trees, Rural, and barn