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Camille Pissarro : the audacity of Impressionism
- 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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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | ND553.P55 M84 2023 | Off-site |
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- 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"--
- Alternative Title
- Audacity of Impressionism
- Subject
- 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.
- ISBN
- 9781635421705
- 1635421705
- 9781635421712 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2023000620
- OCLC
- on1370218204
- 1370218204
- SCSB-14680994
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library