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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Impressionist painting by Camille Pissarro of a group of people collecting apples from a tree in the middle of a large field
Painting by Camille Pissarro of a man opening a gate to a farmhouse in the snow
Impressionist painting by Camille Pissarro of a woman cutting meat on a wooden bench in a market
Painting by Camille Pissarro of a view from a window over a green landscape, with buildings and figures in the foreground
Oil painting by Camille Pissarro of a bridge over a river
Detail of a painting by Camille Pissarro of women staking peas under a tree
Impressionist painting by Camille Pissarro of landscaped gardens in the rain, with a cloudy sky behind
Painting by Paul Gauguin of a child holding an orange fruit while sat at a table with more fruit in a bowl
Painting by Claude Monet of a winter scene, with trees, buildings and villagers in the distance

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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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