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Camille Pissarro, the audacity of impressionism, Anka Muhlstein ; translated from the French by Adriana Hunter

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Camille Pissarro, the audacity of impressionism, Anka Muhlstein ; translated from the French by Adriana Hunter
Language
eng
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Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Camille Pissarro
Oclc number
1370218204
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Anka Muhlstein ; translated from the French by Adriana Hunter
Sub title
the audacity of impressionism
Summary
"From the acclaimed biographer and author of Monsieur Proust's Library, an engaging new work on the life of "the father of Impressionism" and the role his Jewish background played in his artistic creativity. The celebrated painter Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) occupied a central place in the artistic scene of his time: a founding member of the new school of French painting, he was a close friend of Monet, a longtime associate in Degas's and Mary Cassatt's experimental work, a support to Cézanne and Gauguin, and a comfort to Van Gogh, and was backed by the great Parisian art dealer Durand-Ruel throughout his career. Nevertheless, he felt a persistent sense of being set apart, different, and hard to classify. Settled in France from the age of twenty-five but born in the Caribbean, he was not French and what is more he was Jewish. Although a resolute atheist who never interjected political or religious messages in his art, he was fully aware of the consequences of his lineage. Drawing on Pissarro's considerable body of work and a vast collection of letters that show his unrestrained thoughts, Anka Muhlstein offers a nuanced, intimate portrait of the artist whose independent spirit fostered a system encouraging freedom and autonomy"--, Provided by publisher
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