Synopses & Reviews
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) was the only member of the Impressionist group to exhibit in all eight of their exhibitions held in Paris between 1874 and 1886. He drafted the Impressionist convention and was the principal organizer of the first exhibition held in 1874. He was a bold and restless experimenter throughout his career, working in a variety of mediums and techniques, including painting, drawing, and printmaking. and#160;Pissarro was also regarded as an astute judge of young talent. Cand#233;zanne and Gauguin both acknowledged their profound debt to him, and Seurat, Signac and Matisse also benefited from Pissarro's generous encouragement and advice at the start of their careers.
This beautiful book is the first to examine closely Pissarroand#8217;s innovative role in the Impressionist movement and his novel approach to pictorial composition. With 150 stunning color illustrations of many of Pissarroand#8217;s greatest works, this comprehensive and accessible book includes five essays written by distinguished scholars that analyze the artistand#8217;s exploration of composition and subject matter, his experiments with color and space, and his turn to Neo-Impressionism toward the end of his career. Camille Pissarro also describes his relationships to other contemporary artists, his reception by critics at the time, and his significant influence upon Impressionism and modern art.
Review
and#8220;[A] well-conceived and handsome catalogand#8221;and#8212;
Library JournalAbout the Author
Terence Maloon is Curator of Special Exhibitions at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Richard Shiff, Effie Marie Cain Regents Chair in Art at the University of Texas, Austin, has written extensively on Impressionism.
Joachim Pissarro, great-grandson of Camille Pissarro, is Curator in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. His most recent book is
Cand#233;zanne and Pissarro: Pioneering Modern Painting, 1865-1885 and is working on a forthcoming catalogue raisonnand#233; on Pissarro. and#160;
Claire Durand-Ruel Snollaerts, great-great-granddaughter of the art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel, is an independent art historian who is collaborating with Joachim Pissarro on the forthcoming Pissarro catalogue raisonnand#233;.
Peter Raissis is Curator of European Prints, Drawings, and Watercolors at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.