Félix Pissarro, known within his family as Félix II, so as not to confuse him with his beloved uncle Félix, after whom he was named, was born in September 1917 in Beynac in the Dordogne. Félix II was the grandson of Camille Pissarro and son of the well-established artist Georges Manzana and Blanche Moriset (also known as Roboa), a well-reputed pastel painter. Having grown up in such an artistic milieu, and under the artistic guidance of his parents, Félix went on to become one of the most active artists of this third generation of Pissarro painters. The contributions of each of these generations of Pissarro artists over 165 years helped to make the family one of the most preeminent families in the history of art of the 20th century.
Félix spent his formative years living in Les Andelys in Normandy but was forced to leave in 1939, when, at the outbreak of the war, Manzana decided to move his family to Casablanca in North Africa, where they stayed until 1947. Despite the foreign setting and the tumultuous period, during this time Félix often exhibited his early works alongside his parents. After the death of his mother in 1949, Félix moved briefly to Paris with his father before they returned to Les Andelys, all the while developing a close working relationship with his father. Félix was particularly close with Manzana, who would continue to be his mentor throughout his career. Indeed, even following Manzana’s death, Félix continued to execute his paintings using the artistic traditions that his father had taught him, while simultaneously developing his own individual style. This unique style is most visible in his pastel drawings and sketches that seem to reflect the haste and spontaneity of the Impressionist painters.
Nature and pastoral settings dominate Félix’s oeuvre, and he was clearly influenced by the landscape around him. In 1953, Félix married Marie-Louis Monvoisin, and together with Manzana, they moved first to Negresco in Nice, before settling into a hillside home in the idyllic town of Menton on the Côte d’Azur near the Italian border. Father and son would often paint here together. In this hillside setting, Félix frequently chose to depict the forests near his home. Both his vibrant pastels and oil paintings, as well as his charcoal sketches, convey the dappled light through the leaves in the forest and the density of the foliage. These landscapes are perhaps even reminiscent of his uncle Paulémile’s lush and verdant landscapes. In 1978, due to an illness, Félix left his hillside home and moved to a home closer to Menton, which looked onto the sea. This view of the seaside featured prominently in his works during this period. Despite Félix’s evident preference for the tranquillity of a rural lifestyle, he frequently participated in shows over the course of his career. While living in the respective places, he had shows at the Biennale in Menton and the Negresco in Nice. Furthermore, he was a long-standing exhibitor at the Trianon Gallery in Nice.
(Biography provided by Stern Pissarro Gallery)
Two Horses Under a Tree by Félix Pissarro - Etching and aquatint
By Félix Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Two Horses Under a Tree by Félix Pissarro (1874-1897) Etching and aquatint 11 x 17 cm (4 ³/₈ x 6 ³/₄ inches) Exhibition: London, Stern Pissarro Gallery, Camille Pissarro & his Desce...
Etching, Aquatint
Horse by Félix Pissarro - Wood engraving
By Félix Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Horse by Félix Pissarro (1874-1897) Wood engraving 10 x 9 cm (4 x 3 ¹/₂ inches) Artist biography: Félix Pissarro, affectionately known to his family as “Titi”, was born in Pontoise ...
Woodcut
Landscape with Trees by Félix Pissarro - Drawing
By Félix Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Landscape with Trees by Félix Pissarro (1874-1897) Pencil on paper 29 x 22.5 cm (11 ⅜ x 8 ¾ inches) Signed & dated lower right, 10 October 1890 Félix Pi...
Pencil, Paper
$1,321
Horse Pulling Hay Cart by Félix Pissarro - Animal etching, 19th century
By Félix Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Horse Pulling Hay Cart by Félix Pissarro (1874-1897) Etching 19.5 x 15 cm (7 ⅝ x 5 ⅞ inches) Exhibition London, Stern Pissarro Gallery, Camille Pissarro & his Descendants - A Tradit...
Etching
Horse by Félix Pissarro - Etching
By Félix Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Horse by Félix Pissarro (1874-1897) Etching 8 x 10 cm (3 ¹/₈ x 4 inches) London, Stern Pissarro Gallery, Camille Pissarro & his Descendants - A Tradition of Printmaking, October 200...
Etching
Leda and the Swan
By Albert Decaris
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a monumental original etching by French artist Albert Decaris. Decaris won many honors in France during his extensive career. "Leda and the Swan", depicts the mythologi...
Etching
Leonor Fini - Cats - Original Etching
By Leonor Fini
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Leonor Fini - Cats - Original Engraving Mme.Helvetius' Cats Original etching created in 1985, Printed Signature (LF). Conditions: excellent Edition: 100 Support: Arches paper. Dimensions: Paper dimensions: 44 x 28 cm Editions: Moret, Paris. Leonor Fini is considered one of the most important women artists of the mid-twentieth century, along with Leonora Carrington, Frida Kahlo, Meret Oppenheim, Remedios Varo, and Dorothea Tanning – most of whom Fini knew well. Her career, which spanned some six decades, included painting, graphic design, book illustration, product design (the renowned torso-shaped perfume bottle for Schiaparelli’s Shocking), and set and costume design for theatre, ballet, opera, and film. In this compellingly readable, exhaustively researched account, author Peter Webb brings Fini’s provocative art and unconventional personal life, as well as the vibrant avant-garde world in which she revolved, vividly in life. Born in Buenos Aires in 1907 (August 30 – January 18, 1996, Paris) to Italian and Argentine parents, Leonor grew up in Trieste, Italy, raised by her strong-willed, independent mother, Malvina. She was a virtually self-taught artist, learing anatomy directly from studying cadavers in the local morgue and absorbing composition and technique from the Old Masters through books and visits to museums. Fini’s fledging attempts at painting in Trieste let her to Milan, where she participated in her first group exhibition in 1929, and then to Paris in 1931. Her vivacious personality and flamboyant attire instantly garnered her a spotlight in the Parisian art world and she soon developed close relationships with the leading surrealist writers and painters, including Paul Eluard, Salvador Dali, Man Ray, and Max Ernst, who became her lover for a time. The only surrealist she could not abide because of his misogyny was André Breton. Although she repeatedly exhibited with them, she never considered herself a surrealist. The American dealer Julien Levy, very much impressed by Fini’s painting and smitten by her eccentric charms, invited her to New York in 1936, where she took part in a joint gallery exhibition with Max Ernst and met many American surrealists, including Joseph Cornell and Pavel Tchelitchew. Her work was included in MoMA’s pivotal Fantastic Art, Dada and Surrealism exhibition, along with De Chirico, Dali, Ernst, and Yves Tanguy. In 1939 in Paris she curated an exhibition of surrealist furniture for her childhood friend Leo Castelli for the opening of his first gallery. Introductions to her exhibition catalogues were written by De Chirico, Ernst, and Jean Cocteau. A predominant theme of Fini’s art is the complex relationship between the sexes, primarily the interplay between the dominant female and the passive, androgynous male. In many of her most powerful works, the female takes the form of a sphinx, often with the face of the artist. Fini was also an accomplished portraitist; among her subjects were Stanislao Lepri...
Etching
$21,000
H 17 in W 22 in
Summertime - Martha's Vineyard - Sunset Golden Sky and Red Lighthouse
By Millard Sheets
Located in Miami, FL
Summertime in Martha's Vineyard is drenched in saturated yellows and reds. People in the foreground look out to the sea. Two people on horseback are masterfully rendered in a loose ...
Watercolor, Board, Pencil
$9,514
H 41.34 in W 21.66 in D 0.04 in
Salvador Dali - Corrida - Vintage Poster with Etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Corrida - Vintage Poster with Etching Etching made behind a menu in Restautant Duran as a tribute dinner to Salvador Dali and his wife Ga...
Etching
$150
H 10 in W 15 in
"Cormorant and Egret" Japanese Woodblock Print of Birds in Water & Nature Poem
By Kitagawa Utamaro 1
Located in Austin, TX
Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro the First (Japanese, 1753 - 1806) Publisher: Tsutaya Jūzaburō (Japanese, 1750 - 1797) Page Size: 10 x 15 in. Frame Size: 16 x 22 in. An Edo Period color woo...
Paper, Woodcut
$4,500
H 29 in W 23.5 in
Walasse Ting - Green Cat, etching and aquatint, Signed/N, scarce Italian print
By Walasse Ting
Located in New York, NY
Walasse Ting 丁雄泉 Green Cat, 1984 Color etching and aquatint on copper plate, printed on Fabriano Rosaspina paper Pencil signed, numbered 178/230, dated 1984 along with artist's perso...
Ink, Mixed Media, Pencil, Graphite, Etching, Aquatint
$938
H 19.75 in W 25.75 in
Menton French Riviera Rooftops Seascape Pastel Pierre Neveu
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Menton French Riviera Rooftops Seascape Pastel Pierre Neveu Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Pastel on thick paper, unframed Size (H...
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil, Pastel
$799
H 19.75 in W 25.75 in
Provence Village with Red Roofs Pastel Landscape Pierre Neveu
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Provence Village with Red Roofs Pastel Landscape Pierre Neveu Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Pastel on thick paper, unframed Size (H x W): 19.75 x 25.75 inches S...
Pastel, Pencil
$952
H 19.75 in W 25.75 in
Provence Countryside Olive Trees Pastel Landscape Pierre Neveu
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Provence Countryside Olive Trees Pastel Landscape Pierre Neveu Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Pastel on thick paper, unframed Size (H x W): 19.75 x 25.75 inches ...
Pastel, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
$550
H 14 in W 10 in
"Kitten Went in the Night" (A black cat playing with broom and Halloween ghost)
By Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
Located in Fairlawn, OH
"Kitten Went in the Night" (A black cat playing with broom and Halloween ghost) from Le Chat Noir Gillotage chromotype, 1898 Signed in the image lower right Cats were a symbol of fr...
Other Medium
$1,042
H 19.75 in W 25.75 in
Provence House with Cypress Trees Pastel Pierre Neveu 1982
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Provence House with Cypress Trees Pastel Pierre Neveu 1982 Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Pastel on paper, unframed Size (H x W): 19.75 x 25.75 inches Signed low...
Oil Pastel, Pastel, Pencil
$1,001
H 21.25 in W 29.25 in
Cucuron Provence Village Rooftops Watercolor Gouache Pierre Neveu
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Cucuron Provence Village Rooftops Watercolor Gouache Pierre Neveu Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on thick paper, unframed Size (H x W): 21.75 x 29.25...
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil