Snowy landscape at Eragny with an apple tree

Held at the Fitzwilliam Museum, this 1895 canvas shows the snowy landscape at Éragny with an apple tree — a quintessentially Pissarro subject combining his beloved apple tree motif with winter snow. Snow scenes at Éragny were among his most characteristic late landscapes, building on a tradition of snow effects he had pursued from Louveciennes in the 1870s through the Pontoise years to the mature Éragny practice. An apple tree in snow is a subject of particular seasonal drama: the bare branches traced against white ground, the dark trunk providing graphic anchor in a reduced landscape. This canvas exemplifies his mastery of near-monochromatic winter painting.

The snow landscape is built from blue-white, pale grey, and subtle ochre, with the apple tree's dark trunk and bare branches providing the primary graphic elements. Pissarro finds color within apparent monochrome — pink-grey sky, blue shadows on snow, warm ochre where earth shows through. Varied brushwork differentiates flat snow from textured bark.