Camille Pissarro : Family and Friends - Masterworks from the Ashmolean Museum

2008-2009

Camille Pissarro (1830 - 1903), who vividly captured the lush countryside of France and its people hard at work, was central to the Impressionist movement in the second half of the 19th century. He was the only artist who exhibited in all eight of the Impressionist exhibitions, and was the group’s leader and father figure, whose altruism and guidance earned him the admiration of many younger artists. Pissarro was also a dedicated and inspiring parent to his own sons, who went on to pursue artistic careers as well. Of particular note is his eldest son Lucien, who moved to England, where he made significant artistic contributions as a Neo-Impressionist painter and printmaker.

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This exhibition was composed chiefly of works by Pissarro and members of his family donated after Lucien’s death to the Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, England’s longest-established museum. The approx. 90 exhibits also included works by the Barbizon School artists who influenced Pissarro’s style - Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Jean-François Millet and Charles-François Daubigny - as well as works by contemporaries with whom Pissarro associated - Gustave Courbet, Édouard Manet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Through exceptional works by Camille Pissarro, a "Painter of the Land" who immortalized French rural life, and works by his family and colleagues, this exhibition explored the influences Pissarro and other artists had on each other, and Pissarro’s place in the context of Impressionism and modern art.

Exhibits :
  • 90 works (oils, drawings, lighographs, etching)
Catalogue texts :
  • Anne Dumas
  • Colin Harrison
  • Yuji Makino
Lenders :
  • The Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Venues and durations :
  • 2008
    • Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Kagawa, Japan ... April 4, 2008 - May 18, 2008
    • National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan ... May 30, 2008 - August 19, 2008
    • Museum "Eki" KYOTO, Kyoto, Japan ... August 30, 2008 - October 5, 2008
    • Daimaru Museum Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan ... October 9, 2008 - October 27, 2008
    • Iwaki City Art Museum, Fukushima, Japan ... November 1, 2008 - December 14, 2008
  • 2009
    • Aram & Oulim Art Gallery, Goyang City, Korea ... January 6, 2009 - March 25, 2009
    • Okazaki Mindscape Museum, Okazaki, Japan ... May 16, 2009 - July 12, 2009

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Camille Pissarro (1830 - 1903)
View from my Window, Éragny-sur-Epte
1888
Oil on canvas
65 x 81 cm

Photographic credit : The Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

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