Beginning this fall and continuing into 2020, Christie’s in New York will auction off more than 260 pieces of art and design from the collection of philanthropist and theater producer Terry Allen ...

Henri Matisse once asked Camille Pissarro to define Impressionism. “An Impressionist,” the older painter replied, “is the artist who paints a different picture every time, a painter who never produces ...

Pissarro was born in St Thomas in the West Indies, the son of a Créole mother and a father of Portuguese-Jewish descent. He worked as a clerk in his father’s general store until 1852 when he ran away ...

IN the 1880’s when rotund Camille Pissarro walked into Paris’ Cafe de la Nouvelle Athenes with his great prophet’s beard streaming and his portfolio tucked under his arms, fellow artists would greet ...

She further explains that with its early date, the painting sheds important light on the artist’s formative years, prior to his relocation to Paris in 1855. “We know of only one other portrait from ...

Holocaust survivor Léone Meyer has faced another setback in her attempt to keep a Camille Pissarro painting, which had been looted from her family by Nazis, in France. Meyer is fighting to overturn a ...

Camille Pissarro (French,1830-1903) "Still Life" (1867) oil on canvas, 31 7/8 in. x 39 ¼ in. A pitcher of red wine paired with a half loaf of crusty bread and fruit on a white tablecloth seems like a ...

A POSTHUMOUSLY published collection of letters written with no eye to publication can be a tasteless, scandalmongering indiscretion; a disappointing compendium of scraps, boring trivia, and tedious ...

The 19th-century artist Camille Pissarro inspired others who became far more famous than he was, but many admirers say he was equally accomplished. An upcoming exhibition makes the case. By Michael ...

Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) was a pivotal figure in the Impressionist movement and later played a significant role in the development of Neo-Impressionism. Born on the Caribbean island of St. Thomas, ...

Pissarro was born in St Thomas in the West Indies, the son of a Créole mother and a father of Portuguese-Jewish descent. He worked as a clerk in his father’s general store until 1852 when he ran away ...