Blossoming Plum Trees

In the middle of the canvas, plum trees covered in white blossoms stand in a row, and red-roofed houses can be seen behind them. In the cabbage field in the foreground, two figures bend over as they work. It is an oil painting, 46 cm high by 55 cm wide.

According to the Himeji City Museum of Art, Pissarro adopted the Neo-Impressionist method from 1885 to 1890, after meeting Signac and Seurat. In this work he applies paint in fine dots while rendering the plum trees with thick, forceful strokes that are uniquely his own.

In this bright, vibrant picture of blossoming trees and a cabbage field, the two people at work are painted in a modest, unassuming way. The museum's commentary says this foreshadows the state of mind Pissarro would reach in his later years.