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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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"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
Paysannes Assises - Seated Women, Impressionist Drawing on paper, c. 1880
By Camille Pissarro
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Camille Pissarro’s Paysannes assises (c. 1880) is a richly colored, large-scale pastel that distills the artist’s humanism and modernity into an intimate, everyday encounter. Two pea...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon
"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...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Fête du Jubilé de la Reine à Bedford Park, Londres
By Camille Pissarro
Located in New York, NY
A superb, dark and evenly-printed impression of this very scarce lithograph by Camille Pissarro and George W. Thornley. Printed in light brown on Chine appliqué. The deluxe edition o...
Category
1890s Impressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Two Workers in the Workfield - Impressionist Pencil Study Drawing
By Camille Pissarro
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Two Workers in the Workfield” is a pencil on paper study by quintessential Impressionist artist, Camille Pissarro. Pissarro is often called the backbone of Impressionism because he ...
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19th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
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
