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.
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
Oil Painting
$631
$631
Canvas Print
$63.25
$63.25
SKU: PIC-10332
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 60 x 73 cm
Ordrupgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 60 x 73 cm
Ordrupgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark
Ploughland 1874
Oil Painting
$534
$534
Canvas Print
$79.97
$79.97
SKU: PIC-10333
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 49 x 64 cm
Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 49 x 64 cm
Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia
Autumn morning at Eragny 1897
Oil Painting
$580
$580
Canvas Print
$89.50
$89.50
SKU: PIC-10334
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 54 x 65 cm
Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 54 x 65 cm
Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia
The Boulevard Montmartre at Night 1897
Oil Painting
$516
$516
Canvas Print
$63.39
$63.39
SKU: PIC-10335
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 53.3 x 64.8 cm
National Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 53.3 x 64.8 cm
National Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Boulevard Montmartre 1897
Oil Painting
$635
$635
Canvas Print
$64.24
$64.24
SKU: PIC-10336
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 54 x 66 cm
Private Collection
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 54 x 66 cm
Private Collection
La Place du Theatre Francais 1898
Oil Painting
$790
$790
Canvas Print
$61.01
$61.01
SKU: PIC-10337
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 72.4 x 92.7 cm
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, USA
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
Oil Painting
$554
$554
Canvas Print
$50.89
$50.89
SKU: PIC-10338
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 52.4 x 81.6 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA
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
Oil Painting
$566
$566
Canvas Print
$50.89
$50.89
SKU: PIC-10339
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 54.5 x 65.1 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 54.5 x 65.1 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA
Turkey Girl 1884
Oil Painting
$625
$625
Canvas Print
$50.89
$50.89
SKU: PIC-10340
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 81 x 65.4 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA
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
Oil Painting
$522
$522
Canvas Print
$50.89
$50.89
SKU: PIC-10341
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 59.7 x 73.7 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 59.7 x 73.7 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA
Poultry Market at Gisors 1885
Oil Painting
$793
$793
Canvas Print
$50.89
$50.89
SKU: PIC-10342
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 82.2 x 82.2 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 82.2 x 82.2 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA
Spring Pasture 1889
Oil Painting
$660
$660
Canvas Print
$50.89
$50.89
SKU: PIC-10343
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 60 x 73.7 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 60 x 73.7 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA
Two Peasant Women in a Meadow 1893
Oil Painting
$699
$699
Canvas Print
$50.89
$50.89
SKU: PIC-10344
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 93 x 73.2 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 93 x 73.2 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA
The Artist's Garden at Eragny 1898
Oil Painting
$653
$653
Canvas Print
$61.29
$61.29
SKU: PIC-10345
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 73.4 x 92.1 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 73.4 x 92.1 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA
Peasant Girl with a Straw Hat 1881
Oil Painting
$631
$631
Canvas Print
$62.97
$62.97
SKU: PIC-10346
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 73.4 x 59.6 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 73.4 x 59.6 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA
Peasant Woman 1880
Oil Painting
$619
$619
Canvas Print
$62.55
$62.55
SKU: PIC-10347
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 73 x 60.4 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 73 x 60.4 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA
Hampton Court Green 1891
Oil Painting
$561
$561
Canvas Print
$56.66
$56.66
SKU: PIC-10348
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 54.3 x 73 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 54.3 x 73 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA
Fox Hill, Upper Norwood 1870
Oil Painting
$493
$493
Canvas Print
$50.89
$50.89
SKU: PIC-10352
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 35.3 x 45.7 cm
National Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 35.3 x 45.7 cm
National Gallery, London, United Kingdom
View from Louveciennes c.1869/70
Oil Painting
$603
$603
Canvas Print
$82.19
$82.19
SKU: PIC-10353
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 52.7 x 81.9 cm
National Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 52.7 x 81.9 cm
National Gallery, London, United Kingdom
The Louvre under Snow 1902
Oil Painting
$625
$625
Canvas Print
$104.11
$104.11
SKU: PIC-10354
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 65.4 x 87.3 cm
National Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 65.4 x 87.3 cm
National Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Landscape with Flock of Sheep 1902
Oil Painting
$590
$590
Canvas Print
$54.10
$54.10
SKU: PIC-10355
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 60.3 x 73.7 cm
Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena, USA
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 60.3 x 73.7 cm
Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena, USA
The Boulevard des Fosses, Pontoise 1872
Oil Painting
$451
$451
Canvas Print
$50.89
$50.89
SKU: PIC-10356
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 46.4 x 55.6 cm
Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena, USA
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 46.4 x 55.6 cm
Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena, USA
View of Berneval 1900
Oil Painting
$662
$662
Canvas Print
$52.41
$52.41
SKU: PIC-10357
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 73 x 92.1 cm
Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena, USA
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 73 x 92.1 cm
Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena, USA
The Poultry Market at Pontoise 1882
Oil Painting
$731
$731
Canvas Print
$52.93
$52.93
SKU: PIC-10358
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 81 x 65.1 cm
Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena, USA
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 81 x 65.1 cm
Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena, USA