1869 – a turning point in the work of Pissarro, and marks the period when the artist turns to plein-air painting, which was largely due to the influence of Monet’s works. The work noticeably changes the style and methods, decreases the format of paintings.
The canvas “The Road from Versailles to Lyuvesien” is a work in which Pissarro’s early work is distinctly intertwined and elements of a different manner appear, somewhat reminiscent of Monet’s style, but with his own individual approach. Mixed character is noticeable in the subject of the work: here there is both a portrait and a genre scene. The format of the painting is quite significant, but with subsequent impressionist paintings, the size of the canvases will decrease significantly.
Dividing the picture conditionally into two parts, it can be symbolically noted that its left side, saturated with dark tones, is a tribute to the early creative tradition of the artist, and the right side is the personification of a new direction inherent in the style of impressionism; there is already an atmosphere of light, color has acquired transparency, and lightness has appeared in the texture. Smears are subtle and intermittent, and paints are superimposed by free, easy movements.
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