Portrait of Camille Jacob Pissarro

Camille Jacob Pissarro Painting Reproductions 13 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.

505 Pissarro Paintings

Brick Kiln at Eragny, 1885 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

Brick Kiln at Eragny 1885

Oil Painting
$441
Canvas Print
$49.87
SKU: PIC-10359
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 38 x 46 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, United Kingdom

Farm at Montfoucault: Snow Effect, 1876 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

Farm at Montfoucault: Snow Effect 1876

Oil Painting
$424
Canvas Print
$87.70
SKU: PIC-10360
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 54 x 65 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, United Kingdom

Jeanne Holding a Fan, n.d. by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

Jeanne Holding a Fan n.d.

Oil Painting
$479
Canvas Print
$65.06
SKU: PIC-10361
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 56 x 46.5 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, United Kingdom

Landscape at Pontoise, 1872 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

Landscape at Pontoise 1872

Oil Painting
$403
SKU: PIC-10362
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 46 x 55 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, United Kingdom

View from my Window, Eragny-sur-Epte, 1888 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

View from my Window, Eragny-sur-Epte 1888

Oil Painting
$666
SKU: PIC-10363
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 65 x 81 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, United Kingdom

Sunset at Eragny-sur-Epte, Autumn, 1902 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

Sunset at Eragny-sur-Epte, Autumn 1902

Oil Painting
$642
SKU: PIC-10364
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 73 x 92 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, United Kingdom

Mme Pissarro Sewing Beside a Window, n.d. by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

Mme Pissarro Sewing Beside a Window n.d.

Oil Painting
$468
SKU: PIC-10365
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 54 x 45 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, United Kingdom

Autumn, Morning Mist, Eragny-sur-Epte, 1902 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

Autumn, Morning Mist, Eragny-sur-Epte 1902

Oil Painting
$401
SKU: PIC-10366
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 46 x 55 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, United Kingdom

The Village of Eragny, 1885 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

The Village of Eragny 1885

Oil Painting
$415
SKU: PIC-10367
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 55 x 65 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, United Kingdom

The Climb, Rue de la Cote-du-Jalet, Pontoise, 1875 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

The Climb, Rue de la Cote-du-Jalet, Pontoise 1875

Oil Painting
$441
SKU: PIC-10368
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 54 x 65.7 cm
Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, USA

Lordship Lane Station, Dulwich, 1871 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

Lordship Lane Station, Dulwich 1871

Oil Painting
$462
Canvas Print
$49.87
SKU: PIC-10369
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 44.5 x 72.5 cm
Courtauld Institute of Art, London, United Kingdom

Quays at Rouen, 1883 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

Quays at Rouen 1883

Oil Painting
$496
Canvas Print
$64.43
SKU: PIC-10370
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 46.3 x 55.7 cm
Courtauld Institute of Art, London, United Kingdom

Festival at L'Hermitage, c.1876/78 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

Festival at L'Hermitage c.1876/78

Oil Painting
$502
Canvas Print
$64.02
SKU: PIC-10371
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 46.5 x 55.1 cm
Courtauld Institute of Art, London, United Kingdom

Banks of the Oise, 1874 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

Banks of the Oise 1874

Oil Painting
$345
Canvas Print
$49.87
SKU: PIC-10372
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 46 x 38.4 cm
Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA

The Market Place, 1889 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

The Market Place 1889

Paper Art Print
$47.49
SKU: PIC-10373
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 29.5 x 22.8 cm
Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA

The House of the Deaf Woman and the Belfry at Eragny, 1886 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

The House of the Deaf Woman and the Belfry at Eragny 1886

Oil Painting
$756
Canvas Print
$49.87
SKU: PIC-10374
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 66 x 81.2 cm
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana, USA

Landscape, c.1865 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

Landscape c.1865

Oil Painting
$250
Canvas Print
$49.87
SKU: PIC-10375
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 28 x 43.4 cm
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana, USA

The Banks of the Oise near Pontoise, 1873 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

The Banks of the Oise near Pontoise 1873

Oil Painting
$453
Canvas Print
$52.54
SKU: PIC-10376
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 38.1 x 55.2 cm
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana, USA

Woman Washing Her Feet in a Brook, 1894 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

Woman Washing Her Feet in a Brook 1894

Oil Painting
$441
Canvas Print
$49.87
SKU: PIC-10377
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 33.1 x 41.2 cm
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana, USA

The Gleaners, 1889 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

The Gleaners 1889

Oil Painting
$1015
Canvas Print
$60.74
SKU: PIC-10378
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 65.5 x 81 cm
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland

The Path to Les Pouilleux, Pontoise, 1881 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

The Path to Les Pouilleux, Pontoise 1881

Oil Painting
$611
Canvas Print
$62.53
SKU: PIC-10379
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 56 x 47 cm
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, USA

Peasant House at Eragny, 1884 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

Peasant House at Eragny 1884

Oil Painting
$439
Canvas Print
$63.62
SKU: PIC-10380
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 46 x 55 cm
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, USA

The Beet Harvest, 1881 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

The Beet Harvest 1881

Paper Art Print
$47.49
SKU: PIC-10381
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 25.7 x 37.7 cm
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota, USA

The Banks of the Viosne at Osny in Grey Weather, Winter, 1883 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction

The Banks of the Viosne at Osny in Grey Weather, Winter 1883

Oil Painting
$521
Canvas Print
$63.49
SKU: PIC-10382
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 65.3 x 54.5 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia

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