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Camille Pissarro was born in the Danish West Indies to Jewish parents of Portuguese and French descent. At the age of 12, he went to school in Paris, where he displayed a penchant for drawing. Pissarro would go on to become one of the most influential members of the French Impressionist movement and the only artist to participate in all eight Impressionist exhibitions. On 1stDibs, shop a variety of Camille Pissarro art.
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"Paysans portant du foin" original etching
By Camille Pissarro
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching and drypoint. Catalogue reference Delteil 126. Printed in 1900 and published in Paris by H. Floury as the frontispiece for Gustave Geffroy's "La Vie Artistiq...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
"Marche aux Legumes, a Pointoise" original etching
By Camille Pissarro
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching and and aquatint with drypoint. Catalogue reference: Delteil 97. Executed in 1891, this lovely impression is from the edition on cream wove paper published i...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Paysage avec batteuse a Montfoucault
By Camille Pissarro
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Paysage avec batteuse a Montfoucault (Landscape with Thresher at Montfoucault)" is a pastel by French Impressionist Camille Pissarro. The artwork is signed lower right, "C. Pissarro...
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1870s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Board
"Vachere au Bord de l'Eau" original etching on japon paper
By Camille Pissarro
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching and drypoint. This rare and beautiful impression on japon paper is one of only 50 printed for the deluxe edition of the Gazette des Beaux Arts. Published in ...
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1890s Impressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Grand-mere (effet de lumiere)
By Camille Pissarro
Located in New York, NY
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), Grand-mere (effet de lumiere), etching and drypoint, 1889, signed in pencil lower right, titled lower left, inscribed “No 3 – ...
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1880s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Femme a la Barriere (Woman at the Gate)
By Camille Pissarro
Located in New York, NY
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), Femme a la Barriere (Woman at the Gate), etching and drypoint, 1889, signed in pencil with the initials CP lower right (annotated “imprime par C.P.”), a...
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1880s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Drypoint
