Portrait of Camille Jacob Pissarro

Camille Jacob Pissarro Painting Reproductions 12 of 22

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.

506 Pissarro Paintings

Plum Trees in Blossom, Eragny (The Artist's Home), 1894 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

Plum Trees in Blossom, Eragny (The Artist's Home) 1894

Oil Painting
$631
Canvas Print
$63.25
SKU: PIC-10332
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 60 x 73 cm
Ordrupgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark

Ploughland, 1874 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

Ploughland 1874

Oil Painting
$534
Canvas Print
$79.97
SKU: PIC-10333
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 49 x 64 cm
Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia

Autumn morning at Eragny, 1897 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

Autumn morning at Eragny 1897

Oil Painting
$580
Canvas Print
$89.50
SKU: PIC-10334
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 54 x 65 cm
Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia

The Boulevard Montmartre at Night, 1897 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

The Boulevard Montmartre at Night 1897

Oil Painting
$516
Canvas Print
$63.39
SKU: PIC-10335
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 53.3 x 64.8 cm
National Gallery, London, United Kingdom

Boulevard Montmartre, 1897 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

Boulevard Montmartre 1897

Oil Painting
$635
Canvas Print
$64.24
SKU: PIC-10336
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 54 x 66 cm
Private Collection

La Place du Theatre Francais, 1898 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

La Place du Theatre Francais 1898

Oil Painting
$790
Canvas Print
$61.01
SKU: PIC-10337
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 72.4 x 92.7 cm
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, USA

Sunlight on the Road, Pontoise, 1874 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

Sunlight on the Road, Pontoise 1874

Oil Painting
$554
Canvas Print
$50.89
SKU: PIC-10338
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 52.4 x 81.6 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA

View from the Artist's Window, Eragny, 1885 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

View from the Artist's Window, Eragny 1885

Oil Painting
$566
Canvas Print
$50.89
SKU: PIC-10339
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 54.5 x 65.1 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA

Turkey Girl, 1884 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

Turkey Girl 1884

Oil Painting
$625
Canvas Print
$50.89
SKU: PIC-10340
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 81 x 65.4 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA

Pontoise, the Road to Gisors in Winter, 1873 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

Pontoise, the Road to Gisors in Winter 1873

Oil Painting
$522
Canvas Print
$50.89
SKU: PIC-10341
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 59.7 x 73.7 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA

Poultry Market at Gisors, 1885 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

Poultry Market at Gisors 1885

Oil Painting
$793
Canvas Print
$50.89
SKU: PIC-10342
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 82.2 x 82.2 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA

Spring Pasture, 1889 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

Spring Pasture 1889

Oil Painting
$660
Canvas Print
$50.89
SKU: PIC-10343
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 60 x 73.7 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA

Two Peasant Women in a Meadow, 1893 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

Two Peasant Women in a Meadow 1893

Oil Painting
$699
Canvas Print
$50.89
SKU: PIC-10344
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 93 x 73.2 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA

The Artist's Garden at Eragny, 1898 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

The Artist's Garden at Eragny 1898

Oil Painting
$653
Canvas Print
$61.29
SKU: PIC-10345
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 73.4 x 92.1 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA

Peasant Girl with a Straw Hat, 1881 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

Peasant Girl with a Straw Hat 1881

Oil Painting
$631
Canvas Print
$62.97
SKU: PIC-10346
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 73.4 x 59.6 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA

Peasant Woman, 1880 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

Peasant Woman 1880

Oil Painting
$619
Canvas Print
$62.55
SKU: PIC-10347
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 73 x 60.4 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA

Hampton Court Green, 1891 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

Hampton Court Green 1891

Oil Painting
$561
Canvas Print
$56.66
SKU: PIC-10348
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 54.3 x 73 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA

Fox Hill, Upper Norwood, 1870 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

Fox Hill, Upper Norwood 1870

Oil Painting
$493
Canvas Print
$50.89
SKU: PIC-10352
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 35.3 x 45.7 cm
National Gallery, London, United Kingdom

View from Louveciennes, c.1869/70 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

View from Louveciennes c.1869/70

Oil Painting
$603
Canvas Print
$82.19
SKU: PIC-10353
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 52.7 x 81.9 cm
National Gallery, London, United Kingdom

The Louvre under Snow, 1902 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

The Louvre under Snow 1902

Oil Painting
$625
Canvas Print
$104.11
SKU: PIC-10354
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 65.4 x 87.3 cm
National Gallery, London, United Kingdom

Landscape with Flock of Sheep, 1902 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

Landscape with Flock of Sheep 1902

Oil Painting
$590
Canvas Print
$54.10
SKU: PIC-10355
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 60.3 x 73.7 cm
Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena, USA

The Boulevard des Fosses, Pontoise, 1872 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

The Boulevard des Fosses, Pontoise 1872

Oil Painting
$451
Canvas Print
$50.89
SKU: PIC-10356
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 46.4 x 55.6 cm
Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena, USA

View of Berneval, 1900 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

View of Berneval 1900

Oil Painting
$662
Canvas Print
$52.41
SKU: PIC-10357
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 73 x 92.1 cm
Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena, USA

The Poultry Market at Pontoise, 1882 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

The Poultry Market at Pontoise 1882

Oil Painting
$731
Canvas Print
$52.93
SKU: PIC-10358
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 81 x 65.1 cm
Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena, USA

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