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Paris Through the Eyes of Pissarro

Result EUR845,820
Published on , by Christophe Provot
Auction on 18 June 2022 - 14:00 (CEST) - Salle 14 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

Camille Pissarro made this painting the year he died. It sums up his art and wonderfully illustrates his talent as a chronicler of French city and country life.

Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), Statue d'Henri IV et hôtel de la Monnaie, soleil du... Paris Through the Eyes of Pissarro

Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), Statue d'Henri IV et hôtel de la Monnaie, soleil du matin (Statue of Henri IV and the Hôtel de la Monnaie, Morning Sun), 1903, oil on canvas, 46 x 38 cm/18.11 x 14.96 in.
Result: €845,820

Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) was known as the father of Impressionism but experimented with its different currents. After adhering to neo-Impressionist ideas, which he called “romantic Impressionism”, between 1885 and 1890, the painter embraced Pointillism , or in his words, “scientific…
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