Research Catalog

Title

Camille Pissarro : the audacity of impressionism / Anka Muhlstein ; translated from the French by Adriana Hunter.

Author

Muhlstein, Anka

Publication

New York, NY : Other Press LLC, [2023]

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Details

Additional Authors

Hunter, Adriana

Description

307 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 22 cm

Summary

"From the acclaimed biographer and author of Monsieur Proust's Library, an engaging new work on the life of "the father of Impressionism" and the role his Jewish background played in his artistic creativity. The celebrated painter Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) occupied a central place in the artistic scene of his time: a founding member of the new school of French painting, he was a close friend of Monet, a longtime associate in Degas's and Mary Cassatt's experimental work, a support to Cézanne and Gauguin, and a comfort to Van Gogh, and was backed by the great Parisian art dealer Durand-Ruel throughout his career. Nevertheless, he felt a persistent sense of being set apart, different, and hard to classify. Settled in France from the age of twenty-five but born in the Caribbean, he was not French and what is more he was Jewish. Although a resolute atheist who never interjected political or religious messages in his art, he was fully aware of the consequences of his lineage. Drawing on Pissarro's considerable body of work and a vast collection of letters that show his unrestrained thoughts, Anka Muhlstein offers a nuanced, intimate portrait of the artist whose independent spirit fostered a system encouraging freedom and autonomy"--

Subject

• Pissarro, Camille, 1830-1903
• Pissarro, Camille, 1830-1903
• Painters > France > Biography
• Painters
• France

Genre/Form

• Biographies
• Biographies.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Language (note)

• In English, translated from the French.

Contents

Saint Thomas-Paris-Saint Thomas round trip -- Rudderless adventure in Venezuela -- Paris: one-way ticket -- A mother, a wife, and a rather different family -- The group -- War, exile, and a fortuitous meeting -- An open-air school: work and friendship -- Upheavals, poverty, and unexpected changes -- The family man -- A painter and his dealers -- The irruption of politics: the Dreyfus affair, 1894-1906 -- Paris from my window -- The light fades.

Call Number

JFD 24-559

ISBN

• 9781635421705
• 1635421705

LCCN

2023000620

OCLC

1370218204

Author

Muhlstein, Anka, author.

Title

Camille Pissarro : the audacity of impressionism / Anka Muhlstein ; translated from the French by Adriana Hunter.

Publisher

New York, NY : Other Press LLC, [2023]

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Language

In English, translated from the French.

Added Author

Hunter, Adriana, translator.

Other Form:

Online version: Muhlstein, Anka. Camille Pissarro New York : Other Press, [2023] 9781635421712 (DLC) 2023000621

Research Call Number

JFD 24-559