Camille Pissaro Final

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Camille Pissarro(1830-1903)Impressionism


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Camille Pissarro

Camille Pissarro (10 July 1830 13 November

1903) was an Danish- French Impressionist andNeo-impressionist painter born on the Virginisland of St. Thomas.

Known as the "Father of Impressionismmovement"

Grew up speaking French, Spanish and English.

Pissarro is the only artist to have shown hiswork at all eight Paris Impressionist exhibitions,from 1874 to 1886.


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Early Life

Young Pissarro showed an early talent fordrawing and begin to visit the collection of

the Louvre.

Attended the Academic Suisse, a freestudio where he met future ImpressionistsClaude Monet , Paul Cezanne and ArmandGuillaumin.

He was also taught informally by CamilleCorot, who urged him to paint for nature.

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Camille PissarroOil Painting, 1880


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He painted rural and urban French life, particularly landscapes in and aroundPontoise, as well as scenes from Montmartre.

His mature work displays an Pissarro empathy for peasants and laborers, and som

evidences his radical political leanings.

He was a mentor to Paul Cezanne and Paul Gauguin and his example inspired manyounger artists, including Californian Impressionist Lucy Bacon.

The Harvest


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Cote des Jalais, Pontoise, 1867

Oil on Canvas, 1867


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In 1859 , while attending the free school, the Acadmie Suisse, hemet future Impressionists Claude Monet , Paul Cezanne and ArmandGuillaumin.

The group agreed about the importance of portraying individuals innatural settings instead of traditional art that the salon preferred.

So , group of artists, including Pissarro, created their own reviewand called it the Salon des Refusees, (which means the show ofthe refused ones) and displayed works that were refused by theSalon


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The coach to Louveciennes 1870

Oil on Canvas


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Spring 1872

Summer 1872

On the top is a spring scene, hehas started to use lighter andbrighter colors. The emphasis inthese paintings is on capturing thefeel of the light, rather than theworkers.

On the bottom is a summer scene.His goal was to paint how the lightcreate colors.


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During 1870-1871 Pissarro moved to London due to Franco-Prussian warhis paintings begin to take more spontaneous look with loosely blended bstrokes. When he returned to France in 1873, he along with 14 other arti

established an art society named as societe Anonyme des Artistes

and opened their show at the same time as the Salon during the sprin1874. This group became known as The Impressionist

Their first impressionist exhibition depicts following points:

o Scenes of street people going about their everyday lifeso Manner of painting was too sketchy and looked incompleteo Use of visible and expressive brush work


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Hoarfrost the Old Road to Ennery , 1873


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The Garden of Les Mathurines, 1876


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The painting reflects a breathtaking scene in the Garden of LesMathurins at Pontoise, featuring lush, leafy trees against a crisp bluesky complimented by white clouds.

The majestic house at the right hand side of the canvas is detailed true impressionist style.

The path, which consists of pink, blue, white, and yellow brushstroleads the viewer, deep into the garden.


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In this painting he in fact movesaway from an anecdotal idea oflandscape. The planes are in

parallel succession on the surfaceof the canvas. So the impressionof depth is rendered simply bythe decreasing size of thesubjects

The Red Roof , Corner of Oil in Canvas , 1877


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Neo-Imp18

Paintings

country p

The Harv


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peasants working to make

Technique used known as


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Boulevard Montmartre Winter Morning

Oil on Canvas

Boulevard-Montmartre, Afternoon-Sun

Oil on Canvas

In 1897,impressionist Camille Pissarro rented a room at the Grand Hotel de Ruin Paris in order to have a perfect view of Montmartre Boulevard.


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Boulevard Montmartre; Night EffectOil on canvas

In review of Boulevard MontmAfternoonSunshine , the Hermitage MuHere the master skilfully con

atmospheric effects, the compethereal feeling of a gloomy dof fast-moving, dynamic urbaconvincingly captured by the brushwork, presents the imagecontemporary city not in

official mood, but animated anSuch urban landscapes formedmotif in Pissarro's work


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Referenceshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camille_Pissarro

http://www.camille-pissarro.org/

http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/camille-pissarro

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/461800/Camille-Piss

http://library.thinkquest.org/C0111578/pis.html

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