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Camille Pissarro was born in the Danish West Indies to Jewish parents of Portuguese and French descent. At the age of 12, he went to school in Paris, where he displayed a penchant for drawing. Pissarro would go on to become one of the most influential members of the French Impressionist movement and the only artist to participate in all eight Impressionist exhibitions. On 1stDibs, shop a variety of Camille Pissarro art.
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Narrow Street in Rouen (Petite Rue Nationale, a Rouen)
By Camille Pissarro
Located in New York, NY
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), Narrow Street in Rouen (Petite Rue Nationale, a Rouen), etching, drypoint, maniere grise, aquatint, 1896, signed in pencil lower right, numbered (No 6) ...
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1890s Impressionist Landscape Prints

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Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint

Vachère au Bord de l'Eau
By Camille Pissarro
Located in Santa Monica, CA
CAMILLE PISSARRO (French 1830-1903) VACHERE au BORD de l’EAU 1890 (Delteil 93 viii/viii) Etching, unsigned as published in “Gazette des Beaux Arts”, Paris, 1890. On laid paper Very...
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1890s Impressionist Figurative Prints

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Etching, Drypoint

Les Faneuses
By Camille Pissarro
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Camille Pissarro Title: Les Faneuses Portfolio: l'Histoire des Peintres Impressionistes Medium: Etching on cream laid paper Date: 1906 Edition: 1000 Frame Size: 19 1/2" x 17"...
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Early 1900s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Grand’mère (effet de lumière) (La Mère de l’artiste) by Camille Pissarro
By Camille Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Grand’mère (effet de lumière) (La Mère de l’artiste) by Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) Etching 17.1 x 25.3 cm (6 ³/₄ x 10 inches) Stamped lower right, C.P. an...
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1890s Impressionist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Paysage avec batteuse a Montfoucault
By Camille Pissarro
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Paysage avec batteuse a Montfoucault (Landscape with Thresher at Montfoucault)" is a pastel by French Impressionist Camille Pissarro. The artwork is signed lower right, "C. Pissarro". The framed piece measures 20 1/2 x 25 x 2 3/4 in. Camille Pissarro was born on July 10th 1830 on the Caribbean Island of St. Thomas. He live...
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1870s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel, Board

La rentrée du Berger by Camille Pissarro - Etching
By Camille Pissarro
Located in London, GB
La rentrée du Berger by Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) Etching 7.6 x 10.9 cm (3 x 4 ¹/₄ inches) Stamped with initials C.P. lower left, and numbered 13/18 lower right This work was crea...
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1880s Impressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

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