Pissarro à Eragny, musee du Luxembourg

A Pissarro-inspired watercolor sketch I made after visiting the Pissarro ã Eragny exhibit at musee du Luxembourg on Monday.

Aside from being an uplifting and summery show, another reason to visit if you're in Paris at the moment is the fabulous AC in the museum! Way better than the yogurt case at Monoprix.

I didn't think I was a fan of Pissarro but these light, pastoral scenes are a breath of fresh air.

Pissarro moved from Pointoise to Éragny in 1884 and spent the last 20 years of his life there.

Thanks to a loan from his good friend Monet, he was able to buy a beautiful house for his large family.

You can feel the mid-day sun pouring down.

All the atmosphere of a perfect country afternoon.

I love his sturdy figure drawings.

Reminiscent of Jean-Francois Millet's wheat pickers.

Just the right balance of warm and cool colors here.

Many old photographs of Pissarro make him ever-present in the exhibition. Its on through July 9.

An old postcard of the artist's village.

Angelina has a tea salon at the museum - no AC FYI though you could eat on their terrasse. They created this special apple concoction named after Camille Pissarro with white chocolate coating and apple confit inside.

I indulged instead in their tarte de saison of rare fraise des bois - tiny red berries sitting on vanilla cream, a bit of yellow cake on a shortbread crust (pâte sablée). I ate the whole thing. Thank you for reading Parisbreakfast. The next subscribers to my Etsy Parisbreakfast letters or maps will receive one of these watercolors in your mailbox, stop by my shop. Cheers Carolg