Pissarro lived n Eragny, a small village of Northern France, from 1884 until his death in 1903. This painting, titled Poplars, Eragny, was likely worked while he looked from his window; an eye infection prevented him from outdoor work.
Populus is a genus of 25 to 35 different deciduous tree species, native to the Northern Hemisphere. Poplars can grow anywhere from 40 to 165 feet high. Pissarro placing a human figure at the base of the central poplar in his painting, gives us some idea of how tall these wonderful trees can grow. But perhaps their most amazing feature is their vast root systems which makes them symbolic of grounding, resiliency, strength and faith.
Pissarro's painting of Poplars shows the tallest trees in the background with shorter young trees up front. There's some light-charged meadow between the trees and ourselves, the viewers. The leaves of a Poplar (we're most familiar with the species aspen) are circular or heart-shaped, suspended on the ends of thin stems. In a breeze the leaves flap, which results in the tree seeming to glitter or twinkle. A lovely soft clacking sound adds another dimension.
Our planet is losing its trees at an alarming rate to timber harvesting, agriculture, drug crop farming, roads to mining and drilling fields, highway expansion, pipelines and power line construction and wildfire. Today, the earth contains half the trees it once did while millions upon millions of trees continue to be lost every year. Even the nation's cities continue to lose trees where they are much needed for the creation of shade and the cleaning of air, not to mention their soul-impact.
How can anyone not care? Maybe plant a tree, or take care of a tree that's stressed.
Populus is a genus of 25 to 35 different deciduous tree species, native to the Northern Hemisphere. Poplars can grow anywhere from 40 to 165 feet high. Pissarro placing a human figure at the base of the central poplar in his painting, gives us some idea of how tall these wonderful trees can grow. But perhaps their most amazing feature is their vast root systems which makes them symbolic of grounding, resiliency, strength and faith.
Pissarro's painting of Poplars shows the tallest trees in the background with shorter young trees up front. There's some light-charged meadow between the trees and ourselves, the viewers. The leaves of a Poplar (we're most familiar with the species aspen) are circular or heart-shaped, suspended on the ends of thin stems. In a breeze the leaves flap, which results in the tree seeming to glitter or twinkle. A lovely soft clacking sound adds another dimension.
Our planet is losing its trees at an alarming rate to timber harvesting, agriculture, drug crop farming, roads to mining and drilling fields, highway expansion, pipelines and power line construction and wildfire. Today, the earth contains half the trees it once did while millions upon millions of trees continue to be lost every year. Even the nation's cities continue to lose trees where they are much needed for the creation of shade and the cleaning of air, not to mention their soul-impact.
How can anyone not care? Maybe plant a tree, or take care of a tree that's stressed.
