Lucien Pissarro Oil on Canvas

In this week’s auction we have a beautiful oil on canvas signed by French painter Lucien Pissarro (February 20, 1863 – July 10, 1944). The painting measures 11in. x 17in. and depicts a bridge over a small river leading off in to a blue skied mountain landscape.

Lucien Pissarro Oil on Canvas 11in x 17in

Biographical Information

Lucien Pissarro was a French painter, printmaker and wood engraver. He was the eldest son of the impressionist painter Camille Pissarro. Lucien was born in Paris and studied with his father.

From 1890 he lived in London and became a British citizen in 1916. While in England he was one of the founders of the Camden Town Group of artists. In 1919, he formed the Monarro Group with J.B. Manson as the London Secretary and Theo 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.

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 0-521-39034-6