id: 109137 accession number: 1927.298 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1927.298 updated: 2024-03-26 01:57:08.866000 The Mender, c. 1881. Camille Pissarro (French, 1830–1903). Pen and black ink and gray wash over graphite heightened with white gouache; sheet: 15.1 x 10.2 cm (5 15/16 x 4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1927.298 title: The Mender title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1881 creation date earliest: 1876 creation date latest: 1886 current location: creditline: Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland copyright: --- culture: France, 19th century technique: pen and black ink and gray wash over graphite heightened with white gouache department: Drawings collection: DR - French type: Drawing find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Camille Pissarro (French, 1830–1903) - artist Camille Pissarro's parents ran a general merchandise business on St. Thomas. After attending boarding school in Paris, Pissarro returned to the West Indies to work for his father from 1847 until 1852. As an artist he was largely self-taught, receiving some instruction from Fritz Melbye (1826-1896), a Danish artist with whom he traveled to Venezuela in 1852. When Pissarro returned to Paris in 1855, he shared a studio with Anton Melbye (1818-1875), Fritz's brother, and with David Jacobsen (1821-1871). He took classes at the École des Beaux-Arts in 1856 and three years later attended the Académie Suisse, where he befriended artists such as Cézanne (q.v.), Monet (q.v.), and Guillaumin (q.v.). Corot (q.v.) encouraged him to paint landscapes around Paris, and he was listed as Corot's pupil in the catalogues of the Salons of 1864 and 1865. He had met Julie Vellay in 1860, with whom he would have eight children; they married in 1871. Pissarro exhibited regularly at the Salons from 1859 to 1870, although his work received little attention and he sold hardly anything. In 1866 he settled in Pontoise, often returning to Paris where he kept a studio. He frequented Émile Zola's "Thursdays" (weekly literary gatherings) and associated with Manet's (q.v.) artistic circle that gathered in the Café Guerbois. During the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71) Pissarro fled with his family, first to Montfoucault and then to London, where he worked with Monet and Daubigny (q.v.) and was introduced to the dealer Durand-Ruel. In 1872 he returned to Pontoise, where he painted with Cézanne. Around 1869 Pissarro began painting in a purely impressionist style, and in 1874 he helped organize the first impressionist exhibition. He moved to Éragny-sur-Epte in 1884, where he came into contact with Seurat (q.v.) and Paul Signac (1863-1935) and subsequently began to work in a pointillist style. He eventually found this technique too limiting, and returned to an impressionist mode, often working in series. By the end of his career his landscapes and depictions of city life sold well, and in 1892 he was given a retrospective exhibition at Durand-Ruel. By now, the artist had developed strongly anarchist convictions. Pissarro not only painted and made drawings, he also experimented with etching and lithography. --- measurements: Sheet: 15.1 x 10.2 cm (5 15/16 x 4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: signed, lower right, in graphite: C Pissarro; by artist, upper left, in graphite: lumière; by artist, upper right, in graphite: gris; by artist, upper right, in graphite: jaun; VERSO, by artist?, upper right, in graphite: CP81 / a - [illegible][crossed out]; lower left, in graphite: 21952; lower right, in graphite: Nº 13 [underlined] translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Drawings from the Museum Collection opening date: 1937-02-10T05:00:00 Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-April 28, 1937). title: Drawings from the Museum Collection opening date: 1940-07-11T04:00:00 Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 11-October 3, 1940). title: The Graphic Art of the Barbizon School opening date: 1987-03-17T05:00:00 The Graphic Art of the Barbizon School. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 17-May 17, 1987). title: Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 2006-05-27T00:00:00 Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Seoul Art Center, South Korea (December 22, 2006-March 28, 2007); Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, South Korea (April 7-May 20, 2007). title: Mary Cassatt and the Feminine Ideal in Nineteenth-Century Paris opening date: 2012-10-04T00:00:00 Mary Cassatt and the Feminine Ideal in Nineteenth-Century Paris. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 14, 2012-January 20, 2013). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'Exhibition of Modern French Paintings, Water Colors and Drawings. C.W. Kraushaar Art Galleries, New York (October 8-22, 1927).', 'opening_date': '1927-10-08T05:00:00Z'} * {'description': 'Drawings from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 16, 1945-April 21, 1946).', 'opening_date': '1945-06-16T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Drawings from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 12, 1946-April 20, 1947).', 'opening_date': '1946-06-12T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Drawings from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 10, 1947-April 26, 1948).', 'opening_date': '1947-06-10T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Drawings from the Collection, Gallery VIII. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 3-November 7, 1948).', 'opening_date': '1948-07-03T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Drawings from the Collection, Gallery VIII. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 15, 1949-April 24, 1950).', 'opening_date': '1949-06-15T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Drawings from the Collection, Gallery VIII. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 14-December 5, 1950).', 'opening_date': '1950-06-14T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'French Drawings from the Collection, Gallery VIII. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 14-April 26, 1953).', 'opening_date': '1953-01-14T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'French Drawings from the Collection, Gallery XVI. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (April 30-June 16, 1954).', 'opening_date': '1954-04-30T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Drawings from the Collection, Gallery VIII. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 16-August 10, 1954).', 'opening_date': '1954-06-16T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE (Kraushaar Galleries, New York, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH) date: ?-1927 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1927- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS C.W. Kraushaar Art Galleries. Exhibition of Modern French Paintings, Water Colors and Drawings. Exh. Cat. New York: C.W. Kraushaar Art Galleries, 1927. page number: Mentioned: no. 49 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1927.298/1927.298_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1927.298/1927.298_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1927.298/1927.298_full.tif