Delphi complete paintings of Camille pissaro

Delphi Masters of Art #42

by Camille Pissarro, Peter Russel

Camille Pissarro was a key figure in the history of Impressionism, being the only artist to show his work in all eight Impressionist exhibitions, remaining dedicated to the movement’s artistic beliefs. His paintings combine a fascination of rural subject matter with the empirical study of nature under different conditions of light and atmosphere, offering delicate studies of light and colour. A supportive mentor to influential artists such as Cézanne and Gauguin, Pissarro was described by many as the ‘Father of the Impressionists’. Delphi’s Masters of Art Series presents the world’s first digital e-Art books, allowing readers to explore the works of great artists in comprehensive detail. This volume presents Pissarro’s complete paintings in beautiful detail, with concise introductions, hundreds of high quality images and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

* The complete paintings of Camille Pissarro — over 1200 paintings, fully indexed and arranged in chronological and alphabetical order
* Includes reproductions of rare works
* Features a special ‘Highlights’ section, with concise introductions to the masterpieces, giving valuable contextual information
* Enlarged ‘Detail’ images, allowing you to explore Pissarro’s celebrated works in detail, as featured in traditional art books
* Hundreds of images in colour – highly recommended for viewing on tablets and smart phones or as a valuable reference tool on more conventional eReaders
* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the paintings
* Easily locate the paintings you wish to view
* Includes a selection of Pissarro's drawings

CONTENTS:

The Highlights
Two Women Chatting by the Sea, St. Thomas
The Banks of the Marne at Chennevières
Jalais Hill, Pontoise
View of Pontoise, Quai du Pothuis
Road to Versailles at Louveciennes
Lordship Lane Station, Dulwich
Portrait of Jeanne
The Hoar Frost
Portrait of Cézanne
Landscape at Chaponval
The Poultry Market, Pontoise
The Apple Pickers, Éragny
Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather
Le Boulevard de Montmartre, Spring Morning
Dieppe, Duquesne Basin, Low Tide, Sun, Morning
Self Portrait, 1903

The Paintings
The Complete Paintings
Alphabetical List of Paintings

The Drawings
List of Drawings

Genres: Art, Nonfiction, Art History

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Published January 1, 2017

About the author

Jacob Abraham Camille Pissarro (10 July 1830 – 13 November 1903) was a Danish-French painter known as the “father of impressionism.” He is perhaps most famous for his light, elegant paintings of the French countryside and his Parisian cityscapes. Born on the island of Saint Thomas, then part of the Danish West Indies, he lived much of his life in Paris.

Reviews

[Nic · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’ve always loved his Seine paintings, it’s great to see so many other places he painted all together.

[Classic reverie · Rating 5 out of 5]

What I have noticed as I continue to learn and see the paintings of the different artists, I really love "en plein air" paintings, outside art. Camille Pissarro's work was basically all outside, I can not even remember an indoor setting. I listed some interesting facts about him below, if interested I have several more highlights in that section. I think he did only a handful of nudes and that was later in his career, I found them tasteful. He has some self portraits but compared to Paul Cezanne or Vincent can Gogh, that is like nothing. He tried different painting styles throughout his life.


"Camille Pissarro was born on 10 July 1830 on the island of St. Thomas, now in the US Virgin Islands, but then in the Danish West Indies. His father Frederick was of Portuguese Jewish descent and held French nationality, while his mother Rachel Manzano de Pissarro was from a French-Jewish family of St. Thomas. His father was a merchant that had ventured to the island from France to deal with the hardware store of a deceased uncle and went on to marry his widow. This had caused something of a scandal in St. Thomas’ small Jewish community, as according to Jewish law a man is forbidden from marrying his aunt. In subsequent years his four children were forced to attend the all-black primary school. "



"Pissarro’s family had moved back to France and it was during the early 1860’s that the artist became romantically involved with Julie Vellay, his mother’s new maid and a vineyard grower's daughter, who was eight years younger than him. Much to his mother’s ire, they became greatly attached and in 1863 Julie gave birth to their first child, Lucien. Preferring the peace of countryside life, Pissarro decided to move his young family to Varenne Saint-Hilaire, a small village about ten miles outside of Paris, on the banks of the river Marne. Pissarro and Julie were eventually married n 1871 and they would go on to have seven children."

"While attending the free school, the Académie Suisse, Pissarro had become friends with a number of younger artists that likewise wished to paint in a more realistic style. Among them were Claude Monet, Armand Guillaumin and Paul Cézanne. Together they shared dissatisfaction with the dictates of the Salon, at the time the only means for an unknown artist to exhibit his work. As a member of this group of emerging avant-garde artists, Pissarro was comforted knowing he was not alone and that others similarly struggled with their art. Cézanne’s paintings had been mocked at the time by the others in the school, though Cézanne would never forgot the sympathy and understanding with which Pissarro encouraged him. Pissarro agreed with the group about the importance of portraying individuals in natural settings, expressing his dislike of artifice or grandeur, despite what the Salon demanded for its exhibits year in, year out. In 1863 almost all of the group’s paintings were rejected by the Salon and French Emperor Napoleon III instead decided to place their paintings in a separate exhibit hall, at what would become known as the infamous Salon des Refusés. Nevertheless, only paintings by Pissarro and Cézanne were included, and the separate exhibit brought a hostile response from both the officials of the Salon and the public. "


"The painting reflects Pissarro’s affinities with Claude Monet, a frequent houseguest, who was also attracted to this site. During their residence at Louveciennes, Pissarro and Monet’s style was almost identical, causing many visitors at exhibitions to have to look at the signature of each panting in order to differentiate who had produced it.
Concerned that he had fallen into what he described as an artistic “mire”, he began to explore new themes and methods of painting in the 1880’s. He returned to his earlier themes, painting the life of country people, as he had done during his time in Venezuela. During this period Pissarro decided to leave the Impressionist movement. It was Pissarro’s intention to help “educate the public” by painting everyday men and women at work or at home in realistic settings, without idealising their lives. Renoir referred to Pissarro’s work during this period as “revolutionary,” in his attempt to portray the “common man.”

I was glad I came across this because I really like Vincent van Gogh! I am reading his letters and what a good soul he seems to be, but misunderstood. Like Pissarro, Vincent liked to paint or sketch the common working man.

"Interestingly, in 1884 the art dealer Theo van Gogh asked Pissarro if he would take in his older brother, Vincent, as a boarder in his home. Lucien Pissarro wrote that his father was impressed by van Gogh’s work and had “foreseen the power of this artist”. Although van Gogh never boarded with him, Pissarro did teach him the various ways of finding and expressing light and colour — ideas that he later used to mesmerising effect in his pioneering works. "

I always admire artists whose troubled eye sight does not deter them. Today losing one's sight can be prevented; I am a perfect example, have total macular detachment, central vision eye loss but with surgery, my eye sight is quite near what it was before, so I can relate to these artist, though I am not a painter.

"In his later years Pissarro suffered from a recurring eye infection that prevented him from working outdoors, except in warm weather. Due to this disability, he began painting outdoor scenes by the window of hotel rooms, as seen in the following plate. He often chose rooms on upper levels to give him a broader view. He moved around northern France, painting from hotels in Le Havre, Dieppe and even London. During his 1896stay at Rouen, he wrote to Lucien, “I am leaving tomorrow by express for Paris; I must go and my eye cauterised by Dr. Parenteau, it is again inflamed. I just dispatched to Éragny fifteen pictures, in which I tried to represent the movement, the life, the atmosphere of the harbour, thronged with smoking ships, bridges chimneys, sections of the city in fog and mist, under the setting sun etc.. I think that what I have created is bolder than what I achieved last year.”

"Only towards the end of his life did Pissarro begin to enjoy financial security, at last receiving official recognition in 1903, the same year as this self portrait was completed, when two of his paintings were purchased by the Louvre. Finally able to triumph over obscurity and self-doubt, Pissarro would sadly not enjoy his artistic acclaim for long. A few months after finishing work on this self portrait, he collapsed on the steps o his home and after a painful illness of two months, he died on 13 November 1903, aged seventy-three. "

My favorites; actually I love almost all his paintings!💖

-Two Women Chatting by the Sea, St. Thomas
-Road to Versailles at Louveciennes
-View of the Tulleries: Morning
-The Tuileries Gardens: Snow Effect
-La sente des pouilleux, Pontoise, effet de niege
-View of Pontoise, Quai du Pothuis
-The Banks of the Marne at Chennevieres

[Castles · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’ve never dived into Pissarro’s work that much until now, and now I’m grateful to find a world he created to get lost in. You can build your own story in every painting and the huge amount of works he produced is incredible and really makes one wonder about how he got this drive and endless creativity.

I was amazed by his understanding of light, and by the huge amount of works he produced (hence the length of this book which is mostly pictures).

His versatility with style and his ability to develop his works from landscape painting through Impressionism and than neo-Impressionism is impressive.

I loved to get lost in his views of landscapes and villages who feel so real it not that far away in time, yet surely doesn’t exist anymore. He captures the world on the verge of modernism, just in time before life changes for everyone. A green village with blue sky yet with a smoke chimney from a factory poking at the sky, or a steamship smoking its fog on the port while workers unload a ship of wood. He didn’t paint it as criticism on the modern age, but with a sense of how both worlds blend.

I also particularly admire how he paint clouds. He really caught the essence of the light, color, and form of it. Same with how he paints light hitting the ripples of a pond or a lake... and the way he drew leaves on a tree, you can almost hear them rattle. With all of that, and how he paints the spring, the winter, snow and trees and the different colors of the land, you really understand how much connected to nature he was, as a poet praising the creation.

I now also understand a bit more about those boulevard paintings on one of his last periods, drawn from a window hotel because of his age and eye problem. Those paintings seem to have been always there when I grew up. At my parent's house or some wall of an office or so.

For the last part, a bonus section of his drawing with pastel and such; was also very interesting.

[Garry · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great artist forgotten by many

This artist is largely ignored by many art schools. He created many landscapes and pieces that show he was a very y talented artist.