*VR Preview this piece on www.TranscendAuctions.com - Full size photos available here - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1t1FZmL4p18Rx6syoc1Flh_tQdX4AzjBS?usp=sharing - Featuring a river scene - Attributes: Signed on the lower left and attributed to Camille Pissarro - Media: Oil on canvas framed - Condition: Good condition, chipping and cracking on frame - Provenance: Private collection, Northern Europe - Dimensions (cm): 56 by 69 (74 by 87 framed) - Dimensions (inches): 22 by 27 1/4 (29 by 34 1/4 framed) - Biography: Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro (French, 1830-1903) was born on July 10, 1830, on the island of St. Thomas. At the age of 12 he was sent to boarding school in France, and the French masters he studied there inspired him to create art. When he returned to St. Thomas, he met Danish artist Fritz Melbye (1826-1896), who urged him to take on painting as a career. In 1855, he returned to France and began working in Paris with Melbye's brother Anton (1818-1875). While in Paris, Pissarro studied under the French artists Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796-1875), Gustave Courbet (1819-1877), and Charles-François Daubigny (1817-1878) at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and Académie Suisse. Encouraged by these influences, Pissarro began painting en plein air and, inspired by the natural beauty of France, created many works of the countryside. During his studies, Pissarro developed friendships with other French artists, such as Henri Matisse (1869-1954) and Paul Cezanne (1839-1906). This group of young artists felt stifled by the rules of the Paris Salon des Artistes, and began to defy convention by painting in a style that attempted to capture the truth of what they saw. During the Franco-Prussian War, Pissarro left France for London, where he was introduced to Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926) and studied the works of British artists John Constable (1776-1837) and J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851), which further inspired his painting style. After the war, Pissarro returned to France and reestablished his friendships with the other artists who were beginning to experiment with the Impressionist style. This group, with Pissarro at its head, formed the Societe Anonyme des Artistes, Peintres, Sculpteurs et Graveurs as an alternative to the Paris Salon. The first Impressionist exhibition was held by the Societe in 1874, and was panned by critics. In his later life, Pissarro formed friendships with Paul Signac (French, 1863-1935) and Georges Seurat (French, 1859-1891), who encouraged him to explore the techniques of Pointillism and Neo-Impressionism. Pissarro eventually found these techniques to stray too far from his desire to realistically portray his surroundings, and after a time he went back to working in the Impressionist style. Pissarro passed away in November 1903, and was buried in Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.

Good condition, chipping and cracking on frame