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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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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...
Category
1890s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
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"Paysans portant du foin" original etching
By Camille Pissarro
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching and drypoint. Catalogue reference Delteil 126. Printed on laid paper in 1900 and published in Paris by Henri Floury as the frontispiece for Gustave Geffroy's...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
"Vachere au Bord de l'Eau" original etching on japon paper
By Camille Pissarro
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching and drypoint. This rare and beautiful impression on japon paper is one of 50 printed for the deluxe edition of the Gazette des Beaux Arts. Published in Paris...
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1890s Impressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
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...
Category
1870s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Board
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"...
Category
Early 1900s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Marche aux Legumes a Pontoise
By Camille Pissarro
Located in Santa Monica, CA
CAMILLE PISSARRO (French 1830- 1903)
MARCHE AUX LEGUMES A PONTOISE, 1891 (D. 97ii/ii)
Etching and aquatint, Unsigned as published in Le Peintre-graveur Illlustre: Pissarro, Sisley,...
Category
1890s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Aquatint