id: 127515 accession number: 1950.195 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1950.195 updated: 2024-03-26 01:58:15.010000 Peasants Carrying Fagots, c. 1896. Camille Pissarro (French, 1830–1903). Lithograph; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1950.195 title: Peasants Carrying Fagots title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1896 creation date earliest: 1891 creation date latest: 1901 current location: creditline: Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland copyright: --- culture: France, 19th century technique: lithograph department: Prints collection: PR - Lithograph type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: Delteil vol.17, no.152 --- 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: state of the work: I/I edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The Print Club of Cleveland, 1919 - 1969: Fifty Years in Review opening date: 1970-01-14T05:00:00 The Print Club of Cleveland, 1919 - 1969: Fifty Years in Review. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 14-March 31, 1970). title: The Impressionist Aesthetic opening date: 1982-08-10T04:00:00 The Impressionist Aesthetic. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 10-October 31, 1982). title: Lepère, Legros, and Buhot opening date: 1984-05-01T04:00:00 Lepère, Legros, and Buhot. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 1-September 23, 1984). 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). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1950.195/1950.195_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1950.195/1950.195_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1950.195/1950.195_full.tif