The Boulevard Montmartre at Night

Artist
Camille Pissarro
Year
1897
Medium
Oil on canvas
Public Domain Wikimedia Commons

The Boulevard Montmartre at Night is Camille Pissarro’s sparkling nocturne of Paris, painted from a hotel window overlooking the rain-slicked boulevard. The glittering reflections of streetlamps and shop windows in the wet pavement transform the modern city into a jewel-like spectacle. It belongs to the celebrated series of Boulevard Montmartre views Pissarro painted across seasons and weather in 1897.