1344 - Camille Pissarro (1830 Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands – 1903 Paris)

Camille Pissarro (1830 Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands – 1903 Paris) Landscape A mountain village depicted with a precise eye and brushstrokes ranging from delicate to bold, featuring a small stone arch bridge; the scene is enlivened by lush vegetation—including trees and shrubs—marshy meadows, and scattered figures. An early work by Pissarro, likely created in the early 1860s. He moved to Paris in 1855, where, at the World’s Fair, he particularly admired the works of Camille Corot, who shortly thereafter became his teacher and took him to the Parisian countryside, to introduce him to plein air painting and the depiction of intimate landscapes. In the mid-1860s, Pissarro began to break away from his teacher Corot and develop his own style. In 1869–70, he collaborated closely and regularly with his friends Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and later also with Paul Cézanne. In 1874, he was one of the driving forces behind the first Impressionist exhibition and also participated in subsequent exhibitions through 1886. Pencil and white chalk on gray-beige paper. Monogram stamp in black on the reverse (Lugt 613e). 24.6 cm x 32.4 cm. Framed. Provenance: Artist’s estate; German private collection, reportedly acquired in France in the late 1950s, and in the family’s possession by inheritance ever since. Pencil and white chalk on paper. Monogram stamp in black (Lugt 613e).