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Camille Pissarro Art

French, 1830-1903

Camille Pissarro was one of the most influential members of the French Impressionist movement and the only artist to participate in all eight Impressionist exhibitions.

Born in July of 1830 on the island of Saint Thomas in the Danish West Indies, Camille was the son of Frédéric and Rachel Pissarro. At the age of 12, he went to school in Paris, where he displayed a penchant for drawing. He returned again to Paris in 1855, having convinced his parents to allow him to pursue a career as an artist rather than work in the family import/export business. Camille studied at the Académie Suisse alongside Claude Monet, and, during this time, he met Paul Cézanne, Édouard Manet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

In 1869, Camille settled in Louveciennes. The outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870 prompted him to move to England, and, with Monet, Camille painted a series of landscapes around Norwood and Crystal Palace, while studying English landscape painting in the museums. Upon returning a year later at the end of the War to Louveciennes, Camille discovered that only 40 of his 1,500 paintings — almost 20 years’ work — remained undamaged.

Camille settled in Pontoise in the summer of 1871, remaining there and gathering a close circle of friends around him for the next 10 years. He reestablished relationships with Cézanne, Manet, Monet, Renoir and Edgar Degas, expressing his desire to create an alternative to the Salon, so that their group could display their own unique styles. Camille married Julie Vellay, with whom he would have seven children. Cézanne repeatedly came to stay with them, and, under Camille’s influence, he learned to study nature more patiently, even copying one of Camille’s landscapes in order to learn his teacher’s technique.

The first Impressionist group exhibition, initiated by Monet in 1874, earned the Impressionists much criticism for their art. While mainly interested in landscape, Camille introduced people — generally, peasants going about their rural occupations — and animals into his works, and they often became the focal point of the composition. It was this unsentimental and realistic approach, with the complete absence of any pretense, which seemed to stop his work from finding appreciation in the general public.

One of the few collectors who did show interest in Camille’s work was a bank employee named Paul Gauguin, who, after acquiring a small collection of Impressionist works, turned to Camille for advice on becoming a painter himself. For several years, Gauguin closely followed his mentor, and, although their friendship was fraught with disagreement and misunderstandings, Gauguin still wrote shortly before Camille’s death in 1906: “He was one of my masters, and I do not deny him.”

In the 1880s, Camille moved from Pontoise to nearby Osny, before Eragny, a small village much further from Paris. At a time when he was dissatisfied with his work, in 1885, Camille met both Paul Signac and Georges Seurat. He was fascinated by their efforts to replace the intuitive perceptive approach of the Impressionists with a “Divisionist” method, or scientific study of nature’s phenomena based on optical laws. Despite having reached his mid-50s, Camille did not hesitate to follow the two young innovators. The following year, he passed on this new concept to Vincent Van Gogh, who had just arrived in Paris and was keen to learn of the most recent developments in art. However, after a few years, Camille felt restricted by Seurat’s theories and returned to his more spontaneous technique while retaining the lightness and purity of color acquired during his Divisionist phase.

In the last years of his life, Camille divided his time between Paris, Rouen, Le Havre and Eragny, painting several series of different aspects of these cities, with varying light and weather effects. Many of these paintings are considered among his best and make for an apt finale to his long and prodigious career.

When Camille Pissarro died in the autumn of 1903, he had finally started to gain public recognition. Today his work can be found in many of the most important museums and collections throughout the world.

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(Biography provided by Stern Pissarro Gallery)

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Artist: Camille Pissarro
Quai Boïeldieu, à Rouen by Camille Pissarro - Landscape lithograph
By Camille Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Quai Boïeldieu, à Rouen by Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) Lithograph 27.7 x 36 cm (10 ⁷/₈ x 14 ¹/₈ inches) Stamped lower left and numbered lower right, 8/14 Executed circa 1896 Delteil...
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1890s Post-Impressionist Camille Pissarro Art

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Lithograph

Grand’mère (effet de lumière) (La Mère de l’artiste) by Camille Pissarro
By Camille Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Grand’mère (effet de lumière) (La Mère de l’artiste) by Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) Etching 17.1 x 25.3 cm (6 ³/₄ x 10 inches) Stamped lower right, C.P. and numbered 8/18 Executed i...
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1890s Impressionist Camille Pissarro Art

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Etching

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 Camille Pissarro Art

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Ink, Paper

"Paysans portant du foin" original etching
By Camille Pissarro
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching and drypoint. Catalogue reference Delteil 126. Printed in 1900 and published in Paris by H. Floury as the frontispiece for Gustave Geffroy's "La Vie Artistiq...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Camille Pissarro Art

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Etching

"Marche aux Legumes, a Pointoise" original etching
By Camille Pissarro
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching and and aquatint with drypoint. Catalogue reference: Delteil 97. Executed in 1891, this lovely impression is from the edition on cream wove paper published i...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Camille Pissarro Art

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Etching

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 Camille Pissarro Art

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Pencil, Paper

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 Camille Pissarro Art

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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 Camille Pissarro Art

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Paper, Pencil

La Bonne faisant son Marché
By Camille Pissarro
Located in New York, NY
A superb, richly-inked impression of this scarce drypoint printed in dark brownish black on cream laid paper. Second state (of 4), with the drypoint work on the windows upper right. ...
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1880s Impressionist Camille Pissarro Art

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Laid Paper, Drypoint

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 Camille Pissarro Art

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Pastel, Board, Paper

Quai des menetriers a bruges
By Camille Pissarro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Quai des Ménétriers à Bruges" is a remarkable etching created by the renowned French Impressionist artist, Camille Pissarro. This exquisite artwork captures the beauty and charm of ...
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Late 19th Century Camille Pissarro Art

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Aquatint, Etching

"Faneuses d'Eragny" original etching
By Camille Pissarro
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching and drypoint. Executed in 1897, this impression is from the rare 1897 portfolio "Art et Nature" by Leon Roger-Miles, published in Paris by Boudet in an editi...
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1890s Impressionist Camille Pissarro Art

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Drypoint, 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 only 50 printed for the deluxe edition of the Gazette des Beaux Arts. Published in ...
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1890s Impressionist Camille Pissarro Art

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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...
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1890s Impressionist Camille Pissarro Art

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Lithograph

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 Camille Pissarro Art

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Etching, Drypoint

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,...
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1890s Impressionist Camille Pissarro Art

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Aquatint

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 Camille Pissarro Art

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Paper, Pastel

COUPLE DE PAYSANS
By Camille Pissarro
Located in Portland, ME
Pissarro, Camille. COUPLE DE PAYSANS. D.125. Etching and aquatint on laid paper. Unsigned. From the posthumous edition of 10 printed in 1923. 4 3/4 x 3 1/8 inches, 118 x 78 mm. (plat...
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1920s Camille Pissarro Art

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Etching, Aquatint

Grand'mère - Portrait de la femme de l'artiste - Lithograph 1895
By Camille Pissarro
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed in pencil lower right, titled lower left, inscribed “N°2”. On Chine Appliqué paper, one of only 10 known impressions Catalogue Prouté 1973 n.179. Prov. Paul Prouté, Paris...
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1890s Post-Impressionist Camille Pissarro Art

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Lithograph

Baigneuse vue de dos
By Camille Pissarro
Located in Barbizon, FR
Etching , fifth state , numbered 14/50, signed with stamp used for the edition of 50 by Lucien Pissarro on 1920.
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1890s Impressionist Camille Pissarro Art

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Etching

"Marche a la Volaille, a Gisors, " Original Etching signed by Camille Pissarro
By Camille Pissarro
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Marche a la Volaille, a Gisors" is an original etching by Camille Pissarro. It depicts a dense crowd in black and white. This is edition 34/43 from Loys D...
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1890s Impressionist Camille Pissarro Art

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Etching

"Vachere Au Bord de L'Eau, " Etching and Aquatint by Camille Pissarro
By Camille Pissarro
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Vachere au Bord de L'Eau" is an original etching and aquatint by Camille Pissarro, the 8th state. It can be found in the catalogue raisonne Delteil #93. It features a woman sitting ...
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1890s Realist Camille Pissarro Art

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Etching, Aquatint

Baigneuses a L’Ombre des Berges Boisees (Women Bathing in the Wooded Shade...)
By Camille Pissarro
Located in New York, NY
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), Baigneuses a L’Ombre des Berges Boisees (Women Bathing in the Shade of Wooded Banks), 1894, lithograph, signed in pencil lower right. Reference: Delteil...
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1890s Impressionist Camille Pissarro Art

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Lithograph

A Peaceful Sunday in the Woods (Repos du Dimanche dans le Bois)
By Camille Pissarro
Located in New York, NY
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), A Peaceful Sunday in the Woods (Repos du Dimanche dans le Bois), etching, aquatint and drypoint, 1891, signed in pencil lower right and inscribed by t...
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1890s Impressionist Camille Pissarro Art

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Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint

Narrow Street in Rouen (Petite Rue Nationale, a Rouen)
By Camille Pissarro
Located in New York, NY
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), Narrow Street in Rouen (Petite Rue Nationale, a Rouen), etching, drypoint, maniere grise, aquatint, 1896, signed in pencil lower right, numbered (No 6) ...
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1890s Impressionist Camille Pissarro Art

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Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint

Grand-mere (effet de lumiere)
By Camille Pissarro
Located in New York, NY
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), Grand-mere (effet de lumiere), etching and drypoint, 1889, signed in pencil lower right, titled lower left, inscribed “No 3 – ...
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1880s Impressionist Camille Pissarro Art

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Drypoint, Etching

Paysanne Donnant a Manger a un Enfant
By Camille Pissarro
Located in New York, NY
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), Paysanne Donnant a Manger a un Enfant, etching on zinc, 1874, signed in pencil lower right and inscribed lower left “No 1 – 1er etat”, also titled in p...
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1870s Impressionist Camille Pissarro Art

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Epoxy Resin

Femme a la Barriere (Woman at the Gate)
By Camille Pissarro
Located in New York, NY
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), Femme a la Barriere (Woman at the Gate), etching and drypoint, 1889, signed in pencil with the initials CP lower right (annotated “imprime par C.P.”), a...
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1880s Impressionist Camille Pissarro Art

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Drypoint, Etching

Enfants Causant (Children Talking)
By Camille Pissarro
Located in New York, NY
Camille Pissarro (1831-1903), etching, 1889, signed, titled and inscribed “No. 6 Epreuve de Artiste.” Reference: Delteil 89, third state (of 3). On tan laid paper. In good condition...
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1880s Impressionist Camille Pissarro Art

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Etching

Paysannes Dans un Champ de Haricots
By Camille Pissarro
Located in New York, NY
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), Paysannes Dans un Champ de Haricots, etching, aquatint, maniere grise; 1891, titled, signed, annotated 1er etat no. 10, also marked with a large Z by th...
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1890s Impressionist Camille Pissarro Art

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Etching, Aquatint

Le Pont de Pierre, a Rouen
By Camille Pissarro
Located in New York, NY
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), Le Pont de Pierre, a Rouen, etching and drypoint, 1887. Reference: Delteil 66, second state (of 2). Signed lower right in pencil, annotated lower left ...
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1880s Impressionist Camille Pissarro Art

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Drypoint, Etching

Paysanne au Puits (Peasant Woman at the Well)
By Camille Pissarro
Located in New York, NY
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), Paysanne au Puits (Peasant Woman at the Well), etching and aquatint, 1891, signed, titled and numbered (3 etat no 2). Refer...
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1890s Impressionist Camille Pissarro Art

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Etching, Aquatint

L’île Lacroix, à Rouen
By Camille Pissarro
Located in New York, NY
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), L’île Lacroix, à Rouen, etching, aquatint, maniere grise, drypoint, burnishing, c. 1887. Signed and numbered (No. 1) in pencil lower left, annotated 1...
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1880s Impressionist Camille Pissarro Art

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Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint

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