Caribbean-born French Pointillist/Impressionist Painter, ca.1830-1903
.Painter and printmaker. He was the only painter to exhibit in all eight of the Impressionist exhibitions held between 1874 and 1886, and he is often regarded as the 'father' of the movement. He was by no means narrow in outlook, however, and throughout his life remained as radical in artistic matters as he was in politics. Thad?e Natanson wrote in 1948: 'Nothing of novelty or of excellence appeared that Pissarro had not been among the first, if not the very first, to discern and to defend.' The significance of Pissarro's work is in the balance maintained between tradition and the avant-garde. Octave Mirbeau commented: 'M. Camille Pissarro has shown himself to be a revolutionary by renewing the art of painting in a purely working sense;
Artist: Camille Pissarro Painting: Self-Portrait Introduction: 1873
1' 10'' x 1' 6 1/4''(56 x 46.5 cm)Gift of PaulEmile Pissarro,1930
The Road to Louveciennes Painting ID:: 11431
Artist: Camille Pissarro Painting: The Road to Louveciennes Introduction: 1872
1' 11 1/2'' x 2'5''(60 x 73.5 cm)Gift of Paul Gachet,,1951
Red Roofs1 Village Corner Painting ID:: 11432
Artist: Camille Pissarro Painting: Red Roofs1 Village Corner Introduction: Impression of Winter,1877
1' 9 1/2'' x 2' 1 3/4''(54.5 x 65.5 cm)Bequest of Gustave Caillebotte,1894
The Harvest at Montfoucault Painting ID:: 11433
Artist: Camille Pissarro Painting: The Harvest at Montfoucault Introduction: 1876
2' 1 1/2'' x 3'(65 x 92.5 cm)Bequest of Gustave Caillebotte,1894
Caribbean-born French Pointillist/Impressionist Painter, ca.1830-1903
.Painter and printmaker. He was the only painter to exhibit in all eight of the Impressionist exhibitions held between 1874 and 1886, and he is often regarded as the 'father' of the movement. He was by no means narrow in outlook, however, and throughout his life remained as radical in artistic matters as he was in politics. Thad?e Natanson wrote in 1948: 'Nothing of novelty or of excellence appeared that Pissarro had not been among the first, if not the very first, to discern and to defend.' The significance of Pissarro's work is in the balance maintained between tradition and the avant-garde. Octave Mirbeau commented: 'M. Camille Pissarro has shown himself to be a revolutionary by renewing the art of painting in a purely working sense;