Camille Pissarro : The Audacity of Impressionism Hardback
by Anka Muhlstein, Adriana Hunter
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The celebrated painter Camille Pissarro (1830 1903) occupied a central place in the artistic scene of his time: a founding member of the new school of French painting, he was a close friend of Monet, a longtime associate in Degas's and Mary Cassatt's experimental work, a support to Cezanne and Gauguin, and a comfort to Van Gogh, and was backed by the great Parisian art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel throughout his career.
Nevertheless, he felt a persistent sense of being set apart, different, and hard to classify.
Settled in France from the age of twenty-five but born in the Caribbean, he was not French and what is more he was Jewish.
Although a resolute atheist who never interjected political or religious messages in his art, he was fully aware of the consequences of his lineage.
Drawing on Pissarro's considerable body of work and a vast collection of letters that show his unrestrained thoughts, Anka Muhlstein offers a nuanced, intimate portrait of the artist whose independent spirit fos
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- Pages:320 pages, 1 Illustrations, unspecified
- Publisher:Other Press LLC
- Publication Date:28/11/2023
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- ISBN:9781635421705
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- Pages:320 pages, 1 Illustrations, unspecified
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- Publication Date:28/11/2023
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- ISBN:9781635421705