Harvesting in Montfoucault, 65×92.5 cm, 1876, oil on canvas, held at the Musée d'Orsay, Paris. Pissarro (1830–1903) was one of the most representative painters of French Impressionism. Born in the French Antilles, his parents sent him to Paris at an early age to study and begin learning art. In 1855, he first visited the World's Fair (where he saw Corot's works), becoming fascinated by Corot's landscape painting thereafter. He entered the Swiss Academy to study art, where he met Cézanne (the two became close friends) and Monet. In 1863, he participated in the Salon des Refusés alongside Manet and other young painters; the works from this period were influenced by Corot. After 1866, he became intrigued by Courbet's realism, establishing a unique form of realism, and engaged in discussions with Cézanne and Gauguin. Pissarro excelled in landscape painting. While Monet and Renoir were captivated by reflections on water, Pissarro favored rural landscapes, cherishing soil and farmers. From 1870, he settled in Pontoise, near Paris, to explore new landscapes. In 1879, he was intrigued by Seurat's pointillist theory, boldly liberating his sensibility through pointillism. The works of this period were not well received until he abandoned pointillism in 1990 to enter diverse creative phases. This "Harvesting in Montfoucault" is Pissarro's most masterful Impressionist work, boldly depicting the scene of harvesting under a clear sky. Divided into two halves, the upper part shows a bright blue sky with white clouds and shining sun. The lower half features naturally winding scenery, with a magnificent tree crossing the horizon, connecting land and sky. Several loose, golden haystacks are scattered about, and a farmer carrying wheat stalks walks toward the viewer. In the distance on the left, several farmers are harvesting, formed by vivid, rough brushstrokes. Under the warm-toned atmosphere of expressive realism and generous brushwork, dazzling light, fresh air, and bright natural scenery are constructed, creating an extraordinary poetic quality.