- Lucien Pissarro
Lucien Pissarro (1863–1944) was a French painter,
printmaker andwood engraver . Eldest son of the Impressionist painterCamille Pissarro , he was born inParis and studied with his father. His works employ techniques of Impressionism and its successor,Neo-impressionism , but he also exhibited withLes XX .From 1890 he lived in
London , becoming a British citizen in 1916. While inEngland he was one of the founders of theCamden Town Group of artists. In 1919,Buckman, David (2006), "Dictionary of Artists in Britain since 1945" Volume 2, p. 1056. Art Dictionaries Ltd, Bristol. ISBN 095326095-X] he formed theMonarro Group withJ.B. Manson as the London Secretary andTheo van Rysselberghe as the Paris secretary, aiming to show artists inspired by Impressionist painters,Claude Monet and Camille Pissarro; the group ceased three years later. [http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ArtistWorks?cgroupid=999999961&artistid=1570&page=1&sole=y&collab=y&attr=y&sort=default&tabview=bio "James Bolivar Manson"] ,Tate collection online, material from Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, "The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, London 1964, II". Retrieved18 December 2007 .]He married Esther Bensusan. Their only daughter, Orovida, was also an artist.
Resources
* Rewald, John, ed., with the assistance of Lucien Pissarro: "Camille Pissarro, Lettres à son fils Lucien", Editions Albin Michel, Paris 1950; english translation: "Camille Pissarro, Letters to his son Lucien"
* Bailly-Herzberg, Janine, ed.: "Correspondance de Camille Pissarro", 5 volumes, Presses Universitaires de France, Paris, 1980 & Editions du Valhermeil, Paris, 1986-1991 ISBN 2-13-036694-5 - ISBN 2-905-684-05-4 - ISBN 2-905-684-09-7 - ISBN 2-905684-17-8 - ISBN 2-905684-35-6
* Thorold, Anne, ed.: "The letters of Lucien to Camille Pissarro 1883-1903", Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, New York & Oakleigh, 1993 ISBN 0-521-39034-6Notes and references
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