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What was Camille Pissarro style of painting?
Camille Pissarro was a Dutch-French painter whose primary style of painting was French Impressionism, although he explored a variety of styles, including Realism and Neo-Impressionism. His brilliant canvasses are covered with splashes of pure pigment in energetic brushstrokes. Find a collection of Camille Pissarro art from top sellers on 1stDibs.
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The Sower by Camille Pissarro - Ink drawing
By Camille Pissarro
Located in London, GB
The Sower by Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) Ink on paper 23 x 16 cm (9 x 6 ⁵/₈ inches) Stamped lower right, C.P. This work is accompanied by a letter of authenticity from Dr. Joachim...
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1880s Post-Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Arbres by Camille Pissarro - Pencil on paper
By Camille Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Arbres by Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) Pencil on paper 44 x 28 cm (17 ³/₈ x 11 inches) Signed lower left, C. Pissarro Executed circa 1859 Influenced by the French countryside and by...
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1850s Barbizon School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Regent's Park, London by Camille Pissarro - Watercolour on paper
By Camille Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Regent's Park, London by Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) Watercolour on paper 16.5 x 24.5 cm (6 ¹/₂ x 9 ⁵/₈ inches) Inscribed, signed and dated lower left, C.Pissarro 1890 Camille Piss...
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1890s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Études d'après nature by Camille Pissarro - Work on paper
By Camille Pissarro
Located in London, GB
*UK BUYERS WILL PAY AN ADDITIONAL 5% IMPORT DUTY ON TOP OF THE ABOVE PRICE Études d'après nature by Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) Études de femme, visages, chèvres et rocher Pencil o...
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19th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil, Paper

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...
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1870s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Board, Pastel, Paper

Paysanne Nouant son Foulard (Peasant Arranging her Scarf)
By Camille Pissarro
Located in New Orleans, LA
This intimate work by Camille Pissarro represents a period of significance for the Impressionist master. The early 1880s was a time of great experimentation for the artist, after he spent much of the preceding decade devoted to landscape painting. Shifting focus, he embarked on a series of works in a range of media dedicated to the human figure - particularly peasant women. In watercolor, gouache, pastel, and print, Pissarro captured the rural female and the minute moments of domestic life. Depicting a peasant woman tying her scarf, Paysanne Nouant son Foulard displays the harmony of color and composition that typifies his work of the 1880s. Composed of a symphony of color and strokes of paint, the work exemplifies the plein air technique of Pissarro's best Impressionist canvases. A true master of his art, no other artist successfully chronicled rural peasant life quite like Pissarro. Counted among the most respected artists of the 19th century and widely considered the father of Impressionism, Pissarro’s works experienced a surge in interest in the early 2000s. This is reflected in Pissarro’s new auction record of over $32.1 million, set at a 2014 Sotheby’s auction in London, which far surpassed his previous record of $14.6 million. Born in St. Thomas in the Danish West Indies, Pissarro was sent to school in Paris at the age of 11, where he first displayed a talent for drawing. In 1855, having convinced his parents of his determination to pursue a career as an artist rather than work in the family shipping business, he returned to Paris where he studied at the Académie Suisse alongside Claude Monet. At the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, Pissarro moved to England. With Monet, he painted a series of landscapes around South-East London and studied English landscape painters in the museums. When he returned home to Louveciennes a year later, Camille discovered that all but 40 of the 1500 paintings he had left there - almost 20 years of work - had been vandalized. In 1872, Camille settled in Pontoise where he remained for the next 10 years, gathering a close circle of friends around him. Gauguin was among the many artists to visit him there and Cézanne, who lived nearby, came for long periods to work and learn. In 1874, Pissarro participated in the first Impressionist exhibition...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Paper

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