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Orovida Pissarro Animal Prints

1893-1968

Orovida Pissarro, the only child of Lucien and Esther Pissarro, was the first woman in the Pissarro family to become a professional artist and the first Pissarro of her generation to take up painting. Born in Epping, England, in 1893, she lived and worked predominantly in London, where she was a prominent member of several British arts clubs and societies.

Orovida first learned to paint in the Impressionist style from her father and, after a brief period of formal study with Walter Sickert in 1913, she renounced formal art schooling.

Throughout her career, Orovida always remained outside mainstream British art movements. Much to Lucien's disappointment, she soon turned away from naturalistic painting and developed an unusual style that combined elements of Japanese, Chinese, Persian and Indian art. Her rejection of Impressionism, which, for the Pissarro family, was a way of life, and her simultaneous decision to drop her famous last name and use simply Orovida as a nom de peintre, reflected a desire for independence and distance from the family legacy, of which she nevertheless remained proud.

Orovida's most distinctive works are her paintings from the 1920s and 1930s in gouache (she called her mixture body color) and tempera, applied in thin, delicate washes to silk, linen, paper or gold leaf and embellished with brocade borders. These elegant and richly decorative works generally depict non-Western subjects, for example: Mongolian horseback riders, African dancers and Persian princes, often engaged in activities such as dancing or hunting rituals.

The second half of Orovida's painting career is marked by a dramatic change in both style and subject matter. In the mid-1940s, she began to embrace contemporary subjects from everyday life and returned to a more naturalistic style. Her new style was more suited to oils, and thus, she returned to that medium.

Over the course of her life, Orovida was aware of the mixed blessing of having famous artists in the family; not only a grandfather and father but also four uncles, and towards the end of her life, she was instrumental in developing the Pissarro family archive that her mother had established at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.

(Biography provided by Stern Pissarro Gallery)

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Artist: Orovida Pissarro
Zebra and foal by Orovida Pissarro - Animal etching
By Orovida Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Zebra and foal by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968) Etching 20 x 17.3 cm (7⁷/₈ x 6³/₄ inches) Signed and dated lower right Orovida 1938 Titled lower middle and numbered 4/50 lower right ...
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1930s Orovida Pissarro Animal Prints

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Siamese Cats by Orovida Pissarro - Animal etching
By Orovida Pissarro
Located in London, GB
SOLD UNFRAMED Siamese Cats by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968) Etching 10 x 7.5 cm (4 x 3 inches) Artist biography Orovida Camille Pissarro, Lucien and Esther Pissarro’s only child, wa...
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1940s Orovida Pissarro Animal Prints

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Fear by Orovida Pissarro, 1917 - Etching Print
By Orovida Pissarro
Located in London, GB
SOLD UNFRAMED Fear by Orovida Pissarro (1893 - 1968) Etching 26 x 19.5 cm (10 ¼ x 7 ⅝ inches) Signed and dated lower right, Orovida 1917 State 2, trial proof no.2 Provenance Priva...
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1910s Orovida Pissarro Animal Prints

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Mare and Foal by Orovida Pissarro - Etching Print
By Orovida Pissarro
Located in London, GB
SOLD UNFRAMED Mare and Foal by Orovida Pissarro (1893 - 1968) Etching 15.6 x 20.7 cm (6 ¹/₈ x 8 ¹/₈ inches) Artist's Biography Orovida Camille Pissarro, Lucien and Esther Pissarr...
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20th Century Orovida Pissarro Animal Prints

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La Poursuite by Orovida Pissarro - Animal etching
By Orovida Pissarro
Located in London, GB
La Poursuite by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968) Etching with aquatint 17.2 x 12.5 cm (6 ³/₄ x 4 ⁷/₈ inches) Signed and dated lower right Orovida 1917 Inscribed lower left Final State Trial proof no. 1 Artist biography Orovida Camille Pissarro, Lucien and Esther Pissarro’s only child, was the first woman in the Pissarro family as well as the first of her generation to become an artist. Born in Epping, England in 1893, she lived and worked predominantly in London where she became a prominent member of several British arts clubs and societies. She first learned to paint in the Impressionist style of her father, but after a brief period of formal study with Walter Sickert in 1913 she renounced formal art schooling. Throughout her career, Orovida always remained outside of any mainstream British art movements. Much to Lucien's disappointment she soon turned away from naturalistic painting and developed her own unusual style combining elements of Japanese, Chinese, Persian and Indian art. Her rejection of Impressionism, which for the Pissarro family had become a way of life, together with the simultaneous decision to drop her famous last name and simply use Orovida as a ‘nom de peintre’, reflected a deep desire for independence and distance from the weight of the family legacy. Orovida's most distinctive and notable works were produced from the period of 1919 to 1939 using her own homemade egg tempera applied in thin, delicate washes to silk, linen or paper and sometimes embellished with brocade borders. These elegant and richly decorative works generally depict Eastern, Asian and African subjects, such as Mongolian horse...
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The Nomads by Orovida Pissarro - Etching
By Orovida Pissarro
Located in London, GB
The Nomads by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968) Etching and aquatint, final state 21/42 27 x 41 cm (10 ⁵/₈ x 16 ¹/₈ inches) Signed, Orovida, and dated 1925 Orovida was a gifted printmake...
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1920s Art Deco Orovida Pissarro Animal Prints

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Peccarys and Tiger Pranks by Orovida Pissarro - Animal etching
By Orovida Pissarro
Located in London, GB
*UK BUYERS WILL PAY AN ADDITIONAL 20% VAT ON TOP OF THE ABOVE PRICE Peccarys and Tiger Pranks by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968) Etching and aquatint 31.5 x 23 cm (12 ⅜ x 9 inches) Sig...
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1920s Orovida Pissarro Animal Prints

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The Hunting Prince by Orovida Pissarro - Etching
By Orovida Pissarro
Located in London, GB
The Hunting Prince by Orovida Pissarro (1893 - 1968) Etching 15 x 20 cm (5 ⅞ x 7 ⅞ inches) Signed and dated lower right Orovida 1926 Inscribed lower left Trial proof no.14 and titled lower middle Provenance: Private collection, Europe Artist biography: Orovida Camille Pissarro, Lucien and Esther Pissarro’s only child, was the first woman in the Pissarro family as well as the first of her generation to become an artist. Born in Epping, England in 1893, she lived and worked predominantly in London where she became a prominent member of several British arts clubs and societies. She first learned to paint in the Impressionist style of her father, but after a brief period of formal study with Walter Sickert in 1913 she renounced formal art schooling. Throughout her career, Orovida always remained outside of any mainstream British art movements. Much to Lucien's disappointment she soon turned away from naturalistic painting and developed her own unusual style combining elements of Japanese, Chinese, Persian and Indian art. Her rejection of Impressionism, which for the Pissarro family had become a way of life, together with the simultaneous decision to drop her famous last name and simply use Orovida as a ‘nom de peintre’, reflected a deep desire for independence and distance from the weight of the family legacy. Orovida's most distinctive and notable works were produced from the period of 1919 to 1939 using her own homemade egg tempera applied in thin, delicate washes to silk, linen or paper and sometimes embellished with brocade borders. These elegant and richly decorative works generally depict Eastern, Asian and African subjects...
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1920s Orovida Pissarro Animal Prints

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Man & Beast by Orovida Pissarro - Etching
By Orovida Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Man & Beast by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968) Etching 27 x 22 cm (10 ⁵/₈ x 8 ⁵/₈ inches) Signed and dated lower right, orovida 1924 Inscribed lower left, Final state no 12/40 and titled lower centre Artist biography: Orovida Camille Pissarro, Lucien and Esther Pissarro’s only child, was the first woman in the Pissarro family as well as the first of her generation to become an artist. Born in Epping, England in 1893, she lived and worked predominantly in London where she became a prominent member of several British arts clubs and societies. She first learned to paint in the Impressionist style of her father, but after a brief period of formal study with Walter Sickert in 1913 she renounced formal art schooling. Throughout her career, Orovida always remained outside of any mainstream British art movements. Much to Lucien's disappointment she soon turned away from naturalistic painting and developed her own unusual style combining elements of Japanese, Chinese, Persian and Indian art. Her rejection of Impressionism, which for the Pissarro family had become a way of life, together with the simultaneous decision to drop her famous last name and simply use Orovida as a ‘nom de peintre’, reflected a deep desire for independence and distance from the weight of the family legacy. Orovida's most distinctive and notable works were produced from the period of 1919 to 1939 using her own homemade egg tempera applied in thin, delicate washes to silk, linen or paper and sometimes embellished with brocade borders. These elegant and richly decorative works generally depict Eastern, Asian and African subjects, such as Mongolian horse...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Orovida Pissarro Animal Prints

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Man & Beast by Orovida Pissarro - Etching
By Orovida Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Man & Beast by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968) Etching 27 x 22 cm (10 ⁵/₈ x 8 ⁵/₈ inches) Signed and dated lower right, orovida 1924 Inscribed lower left, Final state no 12/40 and title...
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Laying the Ghost by Orovida Pissarro - Animal etching
By Orovida Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Laying the Ghost by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968) Etching 39 x 26.3 cm (15 ⅜ x 10 ⅜ inches) Signed and dated lower right Orovida 1932 Numbered lower left 1/9 and titled lower middle ...
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Tiger and Python by Orovida Pissarro, 1917 - Etching Print
By Orovida Pissarro
Located in London, GB
SOLD UNFRAMED Tiger and Python by Orovida Pissarro (1893 - 1968) Etching 22.5 x 27 cm (8 ⅞ x 10 ⅝ inches) Signed, inscribed with title and dated 1917 State 1, no. 9/10 Provenance...
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La Proie by Orovida Pissarro, 1917 - Etching Print
By Orovida Pissarro
Located in London, GB
La Proie by Orovida Pissarro (1893 - 1968) Etching 12.5 x 17.5 cm (4 ⅞ x 6 ⅞ inches) Signed and dated 1917 Trial proof no.35 Artist's Biography: Orovida Camille Pissarro, Lucien and...
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Pig Sticking by Orovida Pissarro, 1931 - Etching Print
By Orovida Pissarro
Located in London, GB
SOLD UNFRAMED Pig Sticking by Orovida Pissarro (1893 - 1968) Etching 17.3 x 27.4 cm (6 ¾ x 10 ¾ inches) Signed and dated lower right Orovida 1931 Numbered lower left 26/50 and titl...
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Rupert Rides by Orovida Pissarro - Animal etching
By Orovida Pissarro
Located in London, GB
*UK BUYERS WILL PAY AN ADDITIONAL 20% VAT ON TOP OF THE ABOVE PRICE Rupert Rides by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968) Etching 31 x 23.5 cm (12 ¼ x 9 ¼ inches) Signed and dated lower righ...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Orovida Pissarro Animal Prints

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Fear Ridden by Orovida Pissarro, 1926 - Etching Print
By Orovida Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Fear Ridden by Orovida Pissarro (1893 - 1968) Etching 12.8 x 17.5 cm (5 x 6 ⅞ inches) Signed and dated lower right Orovida 1926 Inscribed lower left Final state no. 12/23 and titled ...
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The Calf by Orovida Pissarro - Watercolour and etching
By Orovida Pissarro
Located in London, GB
*UK BUYERS WILL PAY AN ADDITIONAL 20% VAT ON TOP OF THE ABOVE PRICE The Calf by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968) Watercolour, hand-coloured over an etching 17.5 x 23.2 cm (6 ⅞ x 9 ⅛ inc...
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