Focus on La Place du Théâtre Français and explain the Background.
On December 15 1897, Pissarro informed his son Lucien that he was going to stay at the Grand Hôtel du Louvre in Paris as he thought the view of nearby avenue de l'Opéra and the corner of the Place du Palais-Royal would make a great subject for his paintings. He described these streets of Paris as silvery, luminous and alive - and that they would make a great motif for him. Pissarro rented a room that gave him a great view of avenue de l'Opéra and began to work. He stayed in the hotel until April and created approximately 15 painting showing the rue Saint-Honoré, the avenue de l'Opéra, and the Place du Théâtre Français from different perspectives and in different weather conditions. Most of his work from that time was later shown at the "Exposition d'œuvres récentes de Camille Pissarro" organised by Paul Durand-Ruel in June 1898.
Paul Durand-Ruel Camille Pissarro