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Camille Pissarro was born in the Danish West Indies to Jewish parents of Portuguese and French descent. At the age of 12, he went to school in Paris, where he displayed a penchant for drawing. Pissarro would go on to become one of the most influential members of the French Impressionist movement and the only artist to participate in all eight Impressionist exhibitions. On 1stDibs, shop a variety of Camille Pissarro art.
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"Paysans portant du foin" original etching
By Camille Pissarro
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching and drypoint. Catalogue reference Delteil 126. Printed on laid paper in 1900 and published in Paris by Henri Floury as the frontispiece for Gustave Geffroy's...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Vachère au Bord de l Eau
By Camille Pissarro
Located in Santa Monica, CA
CAMILLE PISSARRO (French 1830-1903) VACHERE au BORD de l’EAU 1890 (Delteil 93 viii/viii) Etching, unsigned as published in “Gazette des Beaux Arts”, Paris, 1890. On laid paper Very...
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1890s Impressionist Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Etching

"Vachere au Bord de l Eau" original etching on japon paper
By Camille Pissarro
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching and drypoint. This rare and beautiful impression on japon paper is one of 50 printed for the deluxe edition of the Gazette des Beaux Arts. Published in Paris...
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1890s Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

"Marche aux Legumes, a Pointoise" original etching
By Camille Pissarro
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching and and aquatint with drypoint. Catalogue reference: Delteil 97. Executed in 1891, this lovely impression is from the edition on cream wove paper published i...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Fête du Jubilé de la Reine à Bedford Park, Londres
By Camille Pissarro
Located in New York, NY
A superb, dark and evenly-printed impression of this very scarce lithograph by Camille Pissarro and George W. Thornley. Printed in light brown on Chine appliqué. The deluxe edition o...
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1890s Impressionist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Marche aux Legumes a Pontoise
By Camille Pissarro
Located in Santa Monica, CA
CAMILLE PISSARRO (French 1830- 1903) MARCHE AUX LEGUMES A PONTOISE, 1891 (D. 97ii/ii) Etching and aquatint, Unsigned as published in Le Peintre-graveur Illlustre: Pissarro, Sisley,...
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1890s Impressionist Figurative Prints

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Aquatint

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