PISSARRO: FATHER OF IMPRESSIONISM EXHIBITION
PAST EXHIBITION
This major exhibition, of works drawn from the Ashmolean's collections as well as international loans, spanned Pissarro's entire career.
Camille Pissarro (1830–1903) is one of the most celebrated artists of 19th-century France and a central figure in Impressionism. Considered a father-figure to many in the movement, his work was enormously influential for many artists, including Claude Monet and Paul Cézanne.
The exhibition featured 120 works, 80 by Pissarro and 40 by his friends and contemporaries, with eight paintings on display for the first time in this country. It drew on the Ashmolean's Pissarro archive, the world’s largest collection devoted to an Impressionist artist, revealing intimate and fascinating details about Pissarro, his artist-friends and relatives. It aimed to show him as the galvanising force that propelled modern art forward and without whom there would have been no Impressionism.
Image: Design for a fan: The pea stakers, 1890, Camille Pissarro (1830–1903) WA1952.6.310
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"Pissarro was always pushing art forward"
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"Fascinating"
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Exhibition curator, Colin Harrison, says: ‘Camille Pissarro is unique among the Impressionists. His work rewards close and careful attention that reveals a hugely sympathetic and humane artist. Unlike his contemporaries, he never compromised for the market; he was willing to learn and experiment; but was always devoted to painting the "sensation". Consequently he is the most sincere and authentic of all the Impressionists and his influence on his own and succeeding generations of artists is impossible to quantify.’
SOME OF THE WORKS ON DISPLAY
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EXHIBITION ON SCREEN
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Pissarro Pea Stakers Tote Bag
LUCIEN PISSARRO IN ENGLAND: THE ERAGNY PRESS
MONET'S CAT
RENOIR, A GARDEN IN MONTMARTRE – GREETINGS CARD
THE CAMDEN TOWN GROUP – NOTECARD BOX
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An exhibition by Kunstmuseum Basel in collaboration with the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
EXHIBITION SUPPORTERS
Mr Barrie Wigmore and Mrs Deedee Wigmore |
The Patrons of the Ashmolean Museum |
The Ruth Stanton Foundation |
The Huo Family Foundation |
In Memory of Charles Young |
Robert Lehman Foundation |
Dr Lee MacCormick Edwards Charitable Foundation |
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