Portrait of Camille Jacob Pissarro

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1830-1903

French Impressionist Painter

Camille Pissarro (July 10, 1830 - November 13, 1903) was a French Impressionist painter. His importance resides not only in his visual contributions to Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, but also in his patriarchal standing among his colleagues, particularly Paul Cezanne.

Early life and work
Camille Jacob Pissarro was born in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas to Abraham Gabriel Pissarro, a Portuguese Sephardic Jew, and Rachel Manzano-Pomie, from the Dominican Republic. Pissarro lived in St. Thomas until age 12, when he went to a boarding school in Paris. He returned to St. Thomas where he drew in his free time. Pissarro was attracted to political Anarchy, an attraction that may have originated during his years in St. Thomas. In 1852, he travelled to Venezuela with the Danish artist Fritz Melbye. In 1855, he moved to Paris, where he studied informally with the French landscape artist Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot.
His finest early works (See Jalais Hill, Pontoise, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) are characterized by a broadly painted (sometimes with palette knife) naturalism derived from Courbet, but with an incipient Impressionist palette.
Camille Pissarro married Julie Vellay, a maid in his mother's household. Of their eight children together, one died at birth and a daughter died when nine. The surviving children all painted, and Lucien, the oldest son, became a follower of William Morris.

Artist and mentor
Known as the Father of Impressionism, Pissarro painted rural and urban French life, particularly landscapes in and around Pontoise, as well as scenes from Montmartre. His mature work displays an empathy for peasants and laborers, and sometimes evidences his radical political leanings. He was a mentor to Paul Cezanne and Paul Gauguin and his example inspired many younger artists, including Californian Impressionist Lucy Bacon.
Pissarro's influence on his fellow Impressionists is probably still underrated; not only did he offer substantial contributions to Impressionist theory, but he also managed to remain on friendly, mutually respectful terms with such difficult personalities as Edgar Degas, Cezanne and Gauguin. Pissarro exhibited at all eight of the Impressionist exhibitions. Moreover, whereas Monet was the most prolific and emblematic practitioner of the Impressionist style, Pissarro was nonetheless a primary developer of Impressionist technique.
Pissarro experimented with Neo-Impressionist ideas between 1885 and 1890. Discontented with what he referred to as "romantic Impressionism", he investigated Pointillism which he called "scientific Impressionism" before returning to a purer Impressionism in the last decade of his life.
In March 1893, Paris Gallery Durand-Ruel organized a major exhibition of 46 of Pissarro's works along with 55 others by Antonio de La Gandara. But while the critics acclaimed Gandara, their appraisal of Pissarro's art was less enthusiastic.
Pissarro died in Eragny-sur-Epte on either November 12 or November 13, 1903 and was buried in Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.
During his lifetime, Camille Pissarro sold few of his paintings. By 2005, however, some of his works were selling for over U.S. $4 million.

505 Pissarro Paintings

Winter Landscape, 1873 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

Winter Landscape 1873

Oil Painting
$463
SKU: PIC-10383
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 52 x 81 cm
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Japan

Conversation, c.1881 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

Conversation c.1881

Oil Painting
$519
SKU: PIC-10384
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 65.3 x 54 cm
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Japan

The Marketplace, Gisors, 1891 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

The Marketplace, Gisors 1891

Oil Painting
$548
Canvas Print
$49.87
SKU: PIC-10385
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 35.6 x 26 cm
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, USA

L'lle Lacroix, Rouen (The Effect of Fog), 1888 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

L'lle Lacroix, Rouen (The Effect of Fog) 1888

Oil Painting
$597
Canvas Print
$62.12
SKU: PIC-10386
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 46.7 x 55.9 cm
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, USA

Landscape (Orchard), 1892 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

Landscape (Orchard) 1892

Oil Painting
$486
Canvas Print
$62.80
SKU: PIC-10387
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 65.1 x 54.3 cm
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, USA

Quai Napoleon, Rouen, 1883 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

Quai Napoleon, Rouen 1883

Oil Painting
$502
Canvas Print
$62.80
SKU: PIC-10388
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 54.3 x 64.5 cm
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, USA

Summer Landscape, Eragny, c.1887/02 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

Summer Landscape, Eragny c.1887/02

Oil Painting
$489
Canvas Print
$62.66
SKU: PIC-10389
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 55.9 x 66 cm
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, USA

The Bell Tower of Bazincourt, 1885 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

The Bell Tower of Bazincourt 1885

Oil Painting
$428
Canvas Print
$62.39
SKU: PIC-10390
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 65.1 x 53.7 cm
Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri, USA

Route, Winter and Snow, c.1870 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

Route, Winter and Snow c.1870

Oil Painting
$392
Canvas Print
$63.55
SKU: PIC-10391
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 46 x 55.3 cm
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, Spain

The Woods at Marly, 1871 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

The Woods at Marly 1871

Oil Painting
$468
Canvas Print
$61.84
SKU: PIC-10392
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 45 x 55 cm
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, Spain

The Cabbage Field, Pontoise, 1873 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

The Cabbage Field, Pontoise 1873

Oil Painting
$518
Canvas Print
$56.48
SKU: PIC-10393
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 60 x 80 cm
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, Spain

The Meadows at Eragny, Apple Tree, 1894 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

The Meadows at Eragny, Apple Tree 1894

Oil Painting
$306
Canvas Print
$49.87
SKU: PIC-10394
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 27.3 x 35.6 cm
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, Spain

The Orchard at Eragny, 1896 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

The Orchard at Eragny 1896

Oil Painting
$501
Canvas Print
$62.80
SKU: PIC-10395
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 54.6 x 65.4 cm
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, Spain

Apple Picking at Eragny-sur-Epte, 1888 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

Apple Picking at Eragny-sur-Epte 1888

Oil Painting
$958
Canvas Print
$61.56
SKU: PIC-10396
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 61 x 74 cm
Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA

Sunrise at Rouen, 1898 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

Sunrise at Rouen 1898

Oil Painting
$531
Canvas Print
$52.24
SKU: PIC-10397
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection

The Railway Bridge, Pontoise, n.d. by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

The Railway Bridge, Pontoise n.d.

Oil Painting
$463
Canvas Print
$50.08
SKU: PIC-10398
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection

Apple Trees and Poplars in the Setting Sun, 1901 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

Apple Trees and Poplars in the Setting Sun 1901

Oil Painting
$546
Canvas Print
$60.60
SKU: PIC-10399
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 65 x 81 cm
Musee des Beaux-Arts Andre Malraux, Le Havre, France

White Frost, Woman Creaking Wood, 1888 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

White Frost, Woman Creaking Wood 1888

Oil Painting
$745
Canvas Print
$75.71
SKU: PIC-10400
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 93 x 92.5 cm
Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France

The Market Surrounding the Church of Saint-Jacques, Dieppe, 1901 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

The Market Surrounding the Church of ... 1901

Oil Painting
$1276
Canvas Print
$50.59
SKU: PIC-10401
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 91 x 73 cm
Private Collection

Woman with a Parasol, n.d. by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

Woman with a Parasol n.d.

Paper Art Print
$47.49
SKU: PIC-10402
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 37.5 x 26 cm
Private Collection

Rue de l'Ermitage, Pontoise, 1874 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

Rue de l'Ermitage, Pontoise 1874

Oil Painting
$334
Canvas Print
$49.87
SKU: PIC-10403
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 41 x 32.5 cm
Private Collection

Portrait of the Patriarch, n.d. by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

Portrait of the Patriarch n.d.

Paper Art Print
$47.49
SKU: PIC-10404
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 65.5 x 56 cm
Private Collection

Sunset at Eragny, 1896 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

Sunset at Eragny 1896

Oil Painting
$507
Canvas Print
$88.51
SKU: PIC-10405
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 54.5 x 65 cm
Private Collection

The Orchard, 1870 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

The Orchard 1870

Oil Painting
$502
Canvas Print
$49.87
SKU: PIC-10406
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 56.5 x 84 cm
Private Collection

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