Camille Pissarro (Rizzoli Art Classics) - Softcover

Pissarro, Joachim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 084781582X ISBN 13: 9780847815821

Publisher: Rizzoli, 1992

Synopsis

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. Pissarro was also regarded as an astute judge of young talent. Cézanne 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 Pissarro€™s innovative role in the Impressionist movement and his novel approach to pictorial composition. With 150 stunning color illustrations of many of Pissarro€™s greatest works, this comprehensive and accessible book includes five

About this title

About 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 Cézanne & Pissarro: Pioneering Modern Painting, 1865-1885 and is working on a forthcoming catalogue raisonné on Pissarro.  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 raisonné. Peter Raissis is Curator of European Prints, Drawings, and Watercolors at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

From Library Journal:

This profusely illustrated volume has some 354 illustrations (205 reproduced beautifully in color) and would be a worthwhile purchase for this reason alone; but the text by the great-grandson of the artist is equally valuable. The author relies on solid authorities rather than familial sentimentality to give readers a panoramic view of Pissarro's work, which, when considered collectively, defies the simple categorizations of impressionist or neoimpressionist. The first chapters provide a scholarly but readable chronological overview and analysis of Pissarro's substantial output, while the later chapters address specific genres: figures, harvest, and market scenes; late landscapes; travels and series campaigns; and interiors, still lifes, and portraits. Chapter end notes, a selected bibliography with recent references, and a good index conclude the work. A fine companion to John Rewald's Camille Pissarro (1963), this is warmly recommended for art collections in all types of libraries.
- P. Steven Thomas, Sangamon State Univ., Springfield, Ill.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Rizzoli
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 084781582X
• ISBN 13: 9780847815821
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 24