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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...
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1890s Impressionist Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Etching

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

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Drypoint, Etching

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

Return to the Village by Moonlight by Camille Pissarro
By Camille Pissarro
Located in New Orleans, LA
Camille Pissarro 1830-1903 French Le Retour au village au clair de lune (Éragny) (Return to the Village by Moonlight (Éragny)) Signed and dated "Camille Pissarro 86" (lower left) ...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Silk, Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Portraits of Men and Women by Camille Pissarro - Drawing, work on paper, art
By Camille Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Portraits of Men and Women by Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) Charcoal on paper 11.3 x 11.4 cm (4 ¹/₂ x 4 ¹/₂ inches) Stamped with initials upper left, C.P. This work is accompanied by...
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1880s Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

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

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