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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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Paysannes Assises by Camille Pissarro
By Camille Pissarro
Located in New Orleans, LA
Camille Pissarro 1830-1903 French Paysannes assises (Seated Peasant Women) Signed "C Pissarro" (lower left) Crayon on paper This intimate work by Camille Pissarro represents a pe...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Crayon

FANEUSES D'ERAGNY
By Camille Pissarro
Located in Portland, ME
Pissarro, Camille. FANEUSES D'ERAGNY. D.124. Etching and Drypoint, The final State as published in Art and Nature in 1897. 8 x 6 inches (image), 12 3/4 x 9 7/8 inches (sheet). In ve...
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1890s Figurative Prints

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Shepherd and Shepherdess at the Gate, Bazincourt by Camille Pissarro
By Camille Pissarro
Located in New Orleans, LA
Camille Pissarro 1830-1903 French Berger et bergère à la barrière, Bazincourt (Shepherd and Shepherdess at the Gate, Bazincourt) Stamped "C.P." (lower left) Gouache and wash on pa...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

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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Drypoint, 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

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Paper, Pastel, Board

The Harvesters' Rest by Camille Pissarro
By Camille Pissarro
Located in New Orleans, LA
Camille Pissarro 1830-1903 French Le Repos des moissonneurs (The Harvesters' Rest) Stamped "C.P." (lower left) Gouache, watercolor and charcoal on paper Among Camille Pissarro’s ...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Watercolor, Gouache

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