Exhibition of Camille Pissarro paintings

Having your artwork displayed in a gallery and sold to an art customer is every artist’s dream. Several artists sometimes come together to form a group and showcase their works. For instance, group exhibitions were how French Impressionist artist Pissarro started exhibiting his paintings.

Camille Pissarro dabbled in impressionist and post impressionist art while serving as a father figure to some artists. During his career, he exhibited some paintings and sold some during those exhibitions. Even after his death, his artworks remain subjects of artistic admiration.

This article presented all about painter Pissarro’s paintings, when those exhibitions took place, and, if possible, which of his paintings were exhibited.

• The early impressionist exhibitions
• Works by Camille Pissarro in the Royal Academy of Arts Collection
• Ashmolean Pissaro: Father of Impressionism Exhibition

The Early Impressionist Exhibitions

The French Salon or Salon de Paris was the largest art exhibition and the official exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris that began in the 1600s. It was the most significant annual and biannual event in the west between 1748 and 1890.

In the early 1870s, the French Impressionist artist Pissarro and a group of friends, including Renoir and Monet, decided to start an alternative to the Salon that would serve younger impressionist artists. In addition, they wanted an art society with a charter like the local bakers’ union. Finally, in January 1874, the corporation became a reality.

Their first exhibition was held at Photographer Nadar’s studio at 35 BoulevardRoyalCapucines. This exhibition became widely known as the first ever fully impressionist exhibition, and it was here that the artist Pissarro began to earn his name as the father of impressionism.

Camille Pissarro exhibited five paintings at this first show, including Hoar Frost, The Old Road to Ennery, and Pontoise (1873). Other artists who showed their works at this first exhibition were Berthe Morisot, Edgar Degas, Cézanne, Sisley, Renoir, and Monet.

Despite this being a momentous event, the financial and public response wasn’t impressive. Pissarro complained bitterly about the seeming failure of the critic Théodore Duret.

Works by Camille Pissarro in the Royal Academy of Arts Collection

The Royal Academy of Arts is an art academy and exhibitor for various artists. It’s also a community for artists to view each other’s works, debate their meanings and on art topics and exchange ideas.

For the past 250 years, they have conducted hundreds of art exhibitions and served as a rallying point for artists worldwide. Camille Pissarro’s landscape drawings and portrait paintings are one of those currently exhibited in this historical place in London.

One of the notable paintings exhibited here is the 1885 Paysannes Assises (seated peasants) pastel paintings. It shows four peasant women sitting while holding scythes, suggesting they take a break from work.

The others are etchings like the 1884 Vue de Rouen and lithographs like the 1899 Groupe de Paysans. They featured landscapes, forests, and more depictions of peasant life and were displayed with titles in the original language.

The artist Pissarro paintings in the Royal Academy of Arts exhibit include

• Paysannes Assises, 1885
• Femmes Nues 1896
• Vue de Rouen 1884
• Groupe de Paysans 1899
• Quai Boieldieu, à Rouen 1896
• Paysanne dans les choux, 1885
• La Maison Rondest, à l’Hermitage, 1882

Rue de l’epicerie at Rouen, on a Grey Morning, 1898 – Camille Pissarro

Ashmolean Pissarro: Father of Impressionism Exhibition

Curated by Colin Harrison, Pissaro: Father of Impressionism was a 2022 exhibition by Ashmolean. It was the largest collection exhibited in honor of an impressionist artist. The exhibition featured a combination of 80 artworks by artist Pissarro and 40 by his friends, with some coming from the Ashmolean collection and other donors.

The purpose of this exhibition was to show how Camille Pissarro was a significant influence and a father figure to his peers and impressionism as a whole. Pissarro was also influential in the art and success of famous painters like Claude Monet and Paul Cézanne. The carefully curated collection by Colin Harrison reflects this fact of the painter Pissarro’s personality and artistic competence.

Apple Harvest, Éragny (La Cueillette des Pommes), is an 1887-1888 Pissarro landscape oil on canvas drawing showing a group of one man and three women, possibly a family, harvesting apples from a tree. The man is seen plucking the apples with a long stick while the women pick up the falling apples and place them in ready baskets.

Some of the exhibited Camille Pissarro paintings include:

• La Charcutière (The Pork Butcher), 1883
• View from my window 1886-1888
• Design for a fan, the pea stakers 1890
• Le Pont Boieldieu à Rouen, soleil couchant (the Boieldieu bridge at Rouen, sunset), 1896
• Farm at Montfoucault in snow, 1874–1876
• The Tuileries Gardens, Rainy Weather, 1899

As earlier mentioned, Camille Pissarro wasn’t the only artist whose works were exhibited at the Ashmolean event. Paintings by Pissarro’s friends and close associates he influenced also made appearances, including Paul Gauguin and Claude Monet.

• Claude Monet, Le Boulevard de Pontoise à Argenteuil, 1875
• Paul Gauguin, Les pommiers de l’Hermitage (apple trees at the Hermitage) 1879

The List Of Camille Pissarro’s Most Famous Paintings

From the paintings of painter Pissaro, here is a list of Camille Pissarro’s most famous paintings:

1. Self-Portrait (1903)
2. The Boulevard Montmartre at Night (1897)
3. Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather (1896)
4. Apple Harvest at Éragny (1888)
5. The Poultry Market at Pontoise (1882)
6. The Hoar Frost (1873)
7. The Crystal Palace (1871)
8. Road to Versailles at Louveciennes (1869)
9. Jalais Hill, Pontoise (1867)
10. Two Women Chatting by the Sea, St. Thomas (1856)

Conclusion

Camille Pissarro was a well-known artist who received worldwide recognition and has his works adored and exhibited even in death. Although his earlier impressionist union exhibition wasn’t very commercial success while he was alive, his posthumous exhibitions are even more successful.

While you consider the contrast between then and now, it’s essential to understand that success as an artist may not come immediately. People would take their time to get acquainted with your unique art, and in time, you’ll be just as famous and appreciated as Camille Pissaro.