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Yvon Pissarro Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

French, b. 1937
The son of Paulémile and grandson of Camille Pissarro, Yvon Pissarro was born in 1937. At a very early age, his independent spirit and readiness to criticise made him a rebel who did not want to obey the orders of his family. His parents, concerned for his future, wanted to steer him towards a stable, safe career. Although he had no definite plans, this prospect did not fill him with much enthusiasm. It was during adolescence, when he had left the family home in Normandy, that he decided to enter the Académie Julian to study drawing and the history of art. He also attended the Paris City Council evening classes in arts and crafts skills. In the hope that he would quickly abandon this path, his reluctant parents gave only sparing help, but he kept himself going with casual short-term jobs. In fact, without really being aware of it, he was preparing himself for a future that would often prove difficult, even uncertain, moving between odd jobbing for survival and drawing for pleasure. During national service he became friendly with the poet James Sacré. On his return to civilian life he spent time at his parents’ home in order to readjust to being free. He took advantage of this period of freedom to produce and print - using his father’s line engraving press - around fifteen woodcuts for a collection of poems by James Sacré, La Transparence du Pronom ‘Elle’ (Transparency of the Pronoun ’She’). It was at this point that he decided to abandon his burdensome family name, choosing as a pseudonym the name of a hamlet, Vey, where his brother Hugues rented a house. Some years later he realised that Vey is an anagram of the forename Yves, of which Yvon is a diminutive form. Several consecutive summers were spent at his cousin Orovida’s home in London, where he visited the museums more than the classes he was supposed to be attending in order to learn English. He also spent time in Italy where he discovered in wonderment the landscapes, the towns and their works of art. Despite the tendency of the age to desert the techniques of the past built around the concept of a craftsman and his skill, like so many artists before him, Yvon devoted himself to drawing. He did not mind that for some it was a sterile repetition of what artists used to do. Yvon knew he was taking a chance in persisting, if in a rather fatalistic way, with this passion. Moreover, he did not feel alone. Having settled in Nice, he joined others in the south of France who specialised in drawing, in order to mount an exhibition under the leadership of Dany Bloch, a curator of the Paris Musée d’Art Moderne. He lives in a village near Montpellier where he continues to dedicate his life to his art.
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Artist: Yvon Pissarro
Black and white still life flower drawing of Mimosas by artist, Yvon Pissarro
By Yvon Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Mimosas by Yvon Pissarro (b. 1937) Graphite on paper 65 x 50 cm (25 ⅝ x 19 ⅝ inches) Signed and dated lower left Yvon Vey 2002 Provenance Studio of the artist, Montpellier Artist b...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Yvon Pissarro Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Graphite

Inconscience by Yvon Pissarro - Contemporary work on paper
By Yvon Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Inconscience by Yvon Pissarro (b. 1937) Conté chalk and pastel pencil on paper 50 x 65 cm (19 ³/₄ x 25 ⁵/₈ inches) Signed lower left, y. vey Provenance: Studio of the artist, Montpe...
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21st Century and Contemporary Yvon Pissarro Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Chalk, Conté, Pastel, Pencil

Farmhands by Yvon Pissarro - Figurative drawing
By Yvon Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Farmhands by Yvon Pissarro (b. 1937) Pencil on paper 56 x 76 cm (22 x 30 inches) Signed below left end of stick, Yvon Vey Executed 1982 Provenance Studio of the Artist, Montpellier ...
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1980s Contemporary Yvon Pissarro Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

Farmhands, Pencil on Paper Drawing by Yvon Pissarro, Signed
By Yvon Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Farmhands by Yvon Pissarro (b. 1937) Pencil on paper 79 x 108 (31 ¹/₈ x 42 ¹/₂ inches) Signed upper right, Yvon Vey Provenance Studio of the Artist, Montpellier Artist's Biography ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Yvon Pissarro Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

Evasion by Yvon Pissarro - Contemporary work on paper
By Yvon Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Evasion by Yvon Pissarro (b. 1937) Conté chalk, crayon, pastel pencil on paper 65 x 50 cm (25 ⁵/₈ x 19 ³/₄ inches) Signed twice y. vey Provenance: Studio of the artist, Montpellier ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Yvon Pissarro Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Chalk, Paper, Conté, Crayon, Pastel, Pencil

Voisinage by Yvon Pissarro - Contemporary work on paper
By Yvon Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Voisinage by Yvon Pissarro (b. 1937) Conté chalk and pastel pencil on paper 48.8 x 64 cm (19 ¹/₄ x 25 ¹/₄ inches) Signed lower right, y. vey Provenance: Studio of the artist, Montpe...
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21st Century and Contemporary Yvon Pissarro Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Chalk, Conté, Pastel, Pencil

Indifference by Yvon Pissarro - Contemporary artwork
By Yvon Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Indifference by Yvon Pissarro (b. 1937) Conté chalk and pastel pencil on paper 50.3 x 64 cm (19 ³/₄ x 25 ¹/₄ inches) Signed lower right, y. vey Provenance: Studio of the artist, Mon...
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21st Century and Contemporary Yvon Pissarro Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Chalk, Conté, Pastel, Pencil

Large black and white drawing by Yvon Pissarro titled Farmhand in a Cowshed
By Yvon Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Farmhand in a Cowshed by Yvon Pissarro (b. 1937) Graphite on paper 56 x 76 cm (22 x 30 inches) Signed lower left Yvon Vey Provenance Studio of the arti...
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1980s Contemporary Yvon Pissarro Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Graphite, Paper

Large black and white drawing titled 'Waves' by French artist Yvon Pissarro
By Yvon Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Waves by Yvon Pissarro (b. 1937) Conté chalk on paper 70 x 100 (27 ¹/₂ x 39 ³/₈ inches) Signed and dated Yvon Pissarro 1986 Provenance Studio of the ar...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Yvon Pissarro Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Chalk, Conté

Farmhands by Yvon Pissarro - Figurative work on paper
By Yvon Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Farmhands by Yvon Pissarro (b. 1937) Conté chalk on paper 76 x 56.5 cm (30 x 22 ½ inches) Signed lower middle Yvon Vey Executed in 1983 Provenance Studio of the artist, Montpellier ...
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1980s Contemporary Yvon Pissarro Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Chalk

Farmhands by Yvon Pissarro, 1983 - Pencil on Paper Drawing
By Yvon Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Farmhands by Yvon Pissarro (b. 1937) Pencil on paper 56 x 76 cm (22 x 30 inches) Signed Executed 1983 Provenance Studio of the Artist, Montpellier Artist's Biography The son of Pau...
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1980s Yvon Pissarro Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

Farmhands by Yvon Pissarro - Figurative drawing
By Yvon Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Farmhands by Yvon Pissarro (b. 1937) Pencil on paper 75 x 108 cm (29 ¹/₂ x 42 ¹/₂ inches) Signed lower right, Yvon Vey Provenance: Studio of the Artist, Montpellier Artist biograph...
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1980s Modern Yvon Pissarro Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

Abandon by Yvon Pissarro - Contemporary work on paper
By Yvon Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Abandon by Yvon Pissarro (b. 1937) Conté chalk on paper 50 x 65 cm (19 ³/₄ x 25 ⁵/₈ inches) Signed centre right, y. vey Provenance: Studio of the artist, Montpellier Artist biogr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Yvon Pissarro Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Chalk, Conté

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