Camille Pissarro (1830-1903)

In a letter of 3 July 1893 to Lucien, Camille describes his first experiments with bathing compositions, ’I also worked on several studies of peasants bathing in a clear stream, under the shade of some poplars. The tropical heat encourages you towards motifs full of shadows beside streams, and I feel that I am creating great poetry from it.’ (J. Bailly-Herzberg, Correspondance de Camille Pissarro, vol. 3, 1891-1894, Paris, 1988, letter no. 905).