The Impressionist and the City: Pissarros Series

by Richard R. Brettell and Joachim Pissarro

Book Overview

Camille Pissarro is perhaps best known for the landscape paintings of his early career, yet in the final decade of his life (1893-1903) he began to depict urban scenes and his paintings from this period, of Paris, Rouen and the busy ports of Dieppe and Le Havre formed an important component of his artistic output. At this time Pissarro, like Monet, started to work on canvases in series, ofthen pointing several simultaneously and discarding one temporarily...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300054467
• ISBN13: 9780300054460
• Release Date: September 1992
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 3.00 lbs.

Customer Reviews

An exceptionally beautiful look at Pissarro's late work.

Camille Pissarro's career was a vibrant and prolific one. The artist's late work on his eleven major series paintings (Rouen, Paris, Dieppe and Le Havre) is beautifully documented and discussed in this stunning volume. We join Pissarro in 1896 as he begins to explore atmosphere and mood through a variety of lighting and weather effects on a series of selected locations. Including such works as the collection of Boulevard Montmartre views as well as the The Avenue de l'Opera, The Tuileries Gardens and The Pont-Neuf, this book is recommended to anyone who loves impressionism in general, Pissarro's work in particular or simply longs for a visit to France and the City Of Light but only has $65.00 to spend.