Slad Society Of London Art Dealers Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Pouncing Tiger by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968) Ink and pencil on paper 18.1 x 25.7 cm (7 ⅛ x 10 ⅛ inches) Executed circa 1917 Artist biography: Orovida Camille Pissarro, Lucien and ...

Study of Large Wild Cat Head by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968) Pencil on paper 20 x 26 cm (7 ⅞ x 10 ¼ inches) Executed circa 1917 Artist biography: Orovida Camille Pissarro, Lucien an...

Lioness in Profile by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968) Pencil on paper 20.3 x 27 cm (8 x 10 ⅝ inches) Executed circa 1917 Artist biography: Orovida Camille Pissarro, Lucien and Esther Pissarro’s only child, was the first woman in the Pissarro family as well as the first of her generation to become an artist. Born in Epping, England in 1893, she lived and worked predominantly in London where she became a prominent member of several British arts clubs and societies. She first learned to paint in the Impressionist style of her father, but after a brief period of formal study with Walter Sickert in 1913 she renounced formal art schooling. Throughout her career, Orovida always remained outside of any mainstream British art movements. Much to Lucien's disappointment she soon turned away from naturalistic painting and developed her own unusual style combining elements of Japanese, Chinese, Persian and Indian art. Her rejection of Impressionism, which for the Pissarro family had become a way of life, together with the simultaneous decision to drop her famous last name and simply use Orovida as a ‘nom de peintre’, reflected a deep desire for independence and distance from the weight of the family legacy. Orovida's most distinctive and notable works were produced from the period of 1919 to 1939 using her own homemade egg tempera applied in thin, delicate washes to silk, linen or paper and sometimes embellished with brocade borders. These elegant and richly decorative works generally depict Eastern, Asian and African subjects...

Study of Crouching Tiger by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968) Ink on paper 25.7 x 22.5 cm (10 ⅛ x 8 ⅞ inches) Executed circa 1917 Artist biography: Orovida Camille Pissarro, Lucien and Esther Pissarro’s only child, was the first woman in the Pissarro family as well as the first of her generation to become an artist. Born in Epping, England in 1893, she lived and worked predominantly in London where she became a prominent member of several British arts clubs and societies. She first learned to paint in the Impressionist style of her father, but after a brief period of formal study with Walter Sickert in 1913 she renounced formal art schooling. Throughout her career, Orovida always remained outside of any mainstream British art movements. Much to Lucien's disappointment she soon turned away from naturalistic painting and developed her own unusual style combining elements of Japanese, Chinese, Persian and Indian art. Her rejection of Impressionism, which for the Pissarro family had become a way of life, together with the simultaneous decision to drop her famous last name and simply use Orovida as a ‘nom de peintre’, reflected a deep desire for independence and distance from the weight of the family legacy. Orovida's most distinctive and notable works were produced from the period of 1919 to 1939 using her own homemade egg tempera applied in thin, delicate washes to silk, linen or paper and sometimes embellished with brocade borders. These elegant and richly decorative works generally depict Eastern, Asian and African subjects, such as Mongolian horse...

Gazelles by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968) Watercolour, hand-coloured over an etching 27.5 x 17.5 cm (10 ⅞ x 6 ⅞ inches) Signed lower right Orovida Provenance Private collection, Euro...

Ink on paper.

Goat (c. 1917) Charcoal on paper 17.5 x 28.5 cm (6⅞ x 11¼ inches) This work came out of a sketchbook that Orovida who was the first granddaughter of Camille Pissarro, worked on in 1...