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CAMILLE PISSARRO (1830-1903)

$235,000

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<div>Camille Pissarro’s<em> Paysannes assises </em>(c. 1880) is a richly colored, large-scale pastel that distills the artist’s humanism and modernity into an intimate, everyday encounter. Two peasant women sit in quiet conversation, their bodies described with confident contour and softened planes of color that feel both immediate and tender. The warm tone of the paper becomes an active field, allowing passages of blue, green, and rose to breathe around the figures, while Pissarro’s unmistakably painterly strokes—alternately feathered and emphatic—give the scene texture, light, and lived presence. Bright yet restrained, the work is iconically Pissarro: direct, unsentimental, and deeply attentive to rural life. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>Often called the backbone of Impressionism, Pissarro was the movement’s most consistent, experimental, and unifying force. He was the only artist to exhibit in all eight Impressionist exhibitions from 1874 to 1886, and his generosity as a mentor shaped the next generation—Cézanne, Gauguin, Seurat, and Signac among them. In pastel, a medium prized for its speed and chromatic intensity, Pissarro found an especially apt vehicle for capturing fleeting effects and the immediacy of observation, without sacrificing structure or psychological nuance. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>The enduring importance of his work is underscored by recent museum attention, including the Denver Art Museum’s major exhibition positioning him as “the first Impressionist” (<em>The Honest Eye: Camille Pissarro's Impressionism</em>, October 26, 2025 – February 8, 2026), the first significant U.S. survey of the artist in four decades. <em>Paysannes assises</em> also resonates with closely related figure studies in major collections, such as examples at LACMA and The Morgan Library, affirming the centrality of these pastoral subjects within Pissarro’s practice and within Impressionism itself. </div>
<div>Camille Pissarro’s<em> Paysannes assises </em>(c. 1880) is a richly colored, large-scale pastel that distills the artist’s humanism and modernity into an intimate, everyday encounter. Two peasant women sit in quiet conversation, their bodies described with confident contour and softened planes of color that feel both immediate and tender. The warm tone of the paper becomes an active field, allowing passages of blue, green, and rose to breathe around the figures, while Pissarro’s unmistakably painterly strokes—alternately feathered and emphatic—give the scene texture, light, and lived presence. Bright yet restrained, the work is iconically Pissarro: direct, unsentimental, and deeply attentive to rural life. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>Often called the backbone of Impressionism, Pissarro was the movement’s most consistent, experimental, and unifying force. He was the only artist to exhibit in all eight Impressionist exhibitions from 1874 to 1886, and his generosity as a mentor shaped the next generation—Cézanne, Gauguin, Seurat, and Signac among them. In pastel, a medium prized for its speed and chromatic intensity, Pissarro found an especially apt vehicle for capturing fleeting effects and the immediacy of observation, without sacrificing structure or psychological nuance. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>The enduring importance of his work is underscored by recent museum attention, including the Denver Art Museum’s major exhibition positioning him as “the first Impressionist” (<em>The Honest Eye: Camille Pissarro's Impressionism</em>, October 26, 2025 – February 8, 2026), the first significant U.S. survey of the artist in four decades. <em>Paysannes assises</em> also resonates with closely related figure studies in major collections, such as examples at LACMA and The Morgan Library, affirming the centrality of these pastoral subjects within Pissarro’s practice and within Impressionism itself. </div> <div>Camille Pissarro’s<em> Paysannes assises </em>(c. 1880) is a richly colored, large-scale pastel that distills the artist’s humanism and modernity into an intimate, everyday encounter. Two peasant women sit in quiet conversation, their bodies described with confident contour and softened planes of color that feel both immediate and tender. The warm tone of the paper becomes an active field, allowing passages of blue, green, and rose to breathe around the figures, while Pissarro’s unmistakably painterly strokes—alternately feathered and emphatic—give the scene texture, light, and lived presence. Bright yet restrained, the work is iconically Pissarro: direct, unsentimental, and deeply attentive to rural life. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>Often called the backbone of Impressionism, Pissarro was the movement’s most consistent, experimental, and unifying force. He was the only artist to exhibit in all eight Impressionist exhibitions from 1874 to 1886, and his generosity as a mentor shaped the next generation—Cézanne, Gauguin, Seurat, and Signac among them. In pastel, a medium prized for its speed and chromatic intensity, Pissarro found an especially apt vehicle for capturing fleeting effects and the immediacy of observation, without sacrificing structure or psychological nuance. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>The enduring importance of his work is underscored by recent museum attention, including the Denver Art Museum’s major exhibition positioning him as “the first Impressionist” (<em>The Honest Eye: Camille Pissarro's Impressionism</em>, October 26, 2025 – February 8, 2026), the first significant U.S. survey of the artist in four decades. <em>Paysannes assises</em> also resonates with closely related figure studies in major collections, such as examples at LACMA and The Morgan Library, affirming the centrality of these pastoral subjects within Pissarro’s practice and within Impressionism itself. </div> <div>Camille Pissarro’s<em> Paysannes assises </em>(c. 1880) is a richly colored, large-scale pastel that distills the artist’s humanism and modernity into an intimate, everyday encounter. Two peasant women sit in quiet conversation, their bodies described with confident contour and softened planes of color that feel both immediate and tender. The warm tone of the paper becomes an active field, allowing passages of blue, green, and rose to breathe around the figures, while Pissarro’s unmistakably painterly strokes—alternately feathered and emphatic—give the scene texture, light, and lived presence. Bright yet restrained, the work is iconically Pissarro: direct, unsentimental, and deeply attentive to rural life. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>Often called the backbone of Impressionism, Pissarro was the movement’s most consistent, experimental, and unifying force. He was the only artist to exhibit in all eight Impressionist exhibitions from 1874 to 1886, and his generosity as a mentor shaped the next generation—Cézanne, Gauguin, Seurat, and Signac among them. In pastel, a medium prized for its speed and chromatic intensity, Pissarro found an especially apt vehicle for capturing fleeting effects and the immediacy of observation, without sacrificing structure or psychological nuance. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>The enduring importance of his work is underscored by recent museum attention, including the Denver Art Museum’s major exhibition positioning him as “the first Impressionist” (<em>The Honest Eye: Camille Pissarro's Impressionism</em>, October 26, 2025 – February 8, 2026), the first significant U.S. survey of the artist in four decades. <em>Paysannes assises</em> also resonates with closely related figure studies in major collections, such as examples at LACMA and The Morgan Library, affirming the centrality of these pastoral subjects within Pissarro’s practice and within Impressionism itself. </div> <div>Camille Pissarro’s<em> Paysannes assises </em>(c. 1880) is a richly colored, large-scale pastel that distills the artist’s humanism and modernity into an intimate, everyday encounter. Two peasant women sit in quiet conversation, their bodies described with confident contour and softened planes of color that feel both immediate and tender. The warm tone of the paper becomes an active field, allowing passages of blue, green, and rose to breathe around the figures, while Pissarro’s unmistakably painterly strokes—alternately feathered and emphatic—give the scene texture, light, and lived presence. Bright yet restrained, the work is iconically Pissarro: direct, unsentimental, and deeply attentive to rural life. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>Often called the backbone of Impressionism, Pissarro was the movement’s most consistent, experimental, and unifying force. He was the only artist to exhibit in all eight Impressionist exhibitions from 1874 to 1886, and his generosity as a mentor shaped the next generation—Cézanne, Gauguin, Seurat, and Signac among them. In pastel, a medium prized for its speed and chromatic intensity, Pissarro found an especially apt vehicle for capturing fleeting effects and the immediacy of observation, without sacrificing structure or psychological nuance. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>The enduring importance of his work is underscored by recent museum attention, including the Denver Art Museum’s major exhibition positioning him as “the first Impressionist” (<em>The Honest Eye: Camille Pissarro's Impressionism</em>, October 26, 2025 – February 8, 2026), the first significant U.S. survey of the artist in four decades. <em>Paysannes assises</em> also resonates with closely related figure studies in major collections, such as examples at LACMA and The Morgan Library, affirming the centrality of these pastoral subjects within Pissarro’s practice and within Impressionism itself. </div> <div>Camille Pissarro’s<em> Paysannes assises </em>(c. 1880) is a richly colored, large-scale pastel that distills the artist’s humanism and modernity into an intimate, everyday encounter. Two peasant women sit in quiet conversation, their bodies described with confident contour and softened planes of color that feel both immediate and tender. The warm tone of the paper becomes an active field, allowing passages of blue, green, and rose to breathe around the figures, while Pissarro’s unmistakably painterly strokes—alternately feathered and emphatic—give the scene texture, light, and lived presence. Bright yet restrained, the work is iconically Pissarro: direct, unsentimental, and deeply attentive to rural life. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>Often called the backbone of Impressionism, Pissarro was the movement’s most consistent, experimental, and unifying force. He was the only artist to exhibit in all eight Impressionist exhibitions from 1874 to 1886, and his generosity as a mentor shaped the next generation—Cézanne, Gauguin, Seurat, and Signac among them. In pastel, a medium prized for its speed and chromatic intensity, Pissarro found an especially apt vehicle for capturing fleeting effects and the immediacy of observation, without sacrificing structure or psychological nuance. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>The enduring importance of his work is underscored by recent museum attention, including the Denver Art Museum’s major exhibition positioning him as “the first Impressionist” (<em>The Honest Eye: Camille Pissarro's Impressionism</em>, October 26, 2025 – February 8, 2026), the first significant U.S. survey of the artist in four decades. <em>Paysannes assises</em> also resonates with closely related figure studies in major collections, such as examples at LACMA and The Morgan Library, affirming the centrality of these pastoral subjects within Pissarro’s practice and within Impressionism itself. </div> <div>Camille Pissarro’s<em> Paysannes assises </em>(c. 1880) is a richly colored, large-scale pastel that distills the artist’s humanism and modernity into an intimate, everyday encounter. Two peasant women sit in quiet conversation, their bodies described with confident contour and softened planes of color that feel both immediate and tender. The warm tone of the paper becomes an active field, allowing passages of blue, green, and rose to breathe around the figures, while Pissarro’s unmistakably painterly strokes—alternately feathered and emphatic—give the scene texture, light, and lived presence. Bright yet restrained, the work is iconically Pissarro: direct, unsentimental, and deeply attentive to rural life. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>Often called the backbone of Impressionism, Pissarro was the movement’s most consistent, experimental, and unifying force. He was the only artist to exhibit in all eight Impressionist exhibitions from 1874 to 1886, and his generosity as a mentor shaped the next generation—Cézanne, Gauguin, Seurat, and Signac among them. In pastel, a medium prized for its speed and chromatic intensity, Pissarro found an especially apt vehicle for capturing fleeting effects and the immediacy of observation, without sacrificing structure or psychological nuance. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>The enduring importance of his work is underscored by recent museum attention, including the Denver Art Museum’s major exhibition positioning him as “the first Impressionist” (<em>The Honest Eye: Camille Pissarro's Impressionism</em>, October 26, 2025 – February 8, 2026), the first significant U.S. survey of the artist in four decades. <em>Paysannes assises</em> also resonates with closely related figure studies in major collections, such as examples at LACMA and The Morgan Library, affirming the centrality of these pastoral subjects within Pissarro’s practice and within Impressionism itself. </div> <div>Camille Pissarro’s<em> Paysannes assises </em>(c. 1880) is a richly colored, large-scale pastel that distills the artist’s humanism and modernity into an intimate, everyday encounter. Two peasant women sit in quiet conversation, their bodies described with confident contour and softened planes of color that feel both immediate and tender. The warm tone of the paper becomes an active field, allowing passages of blue, green, and rose to breathe around the figures, while Pissarro’s unmistakably painterly strokes—alternately feathered and emphatic—give the scene texture, light, and lived presence. Bright yet restrained, the work is iconically Pissarro: direct, unsentimental, and deeply attentive to rural life. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>Often called the backbone of Impressionism, Pissarro was the movement’s most consistent, experimental, and unifying force. He was the only artist to exhibit in all eight Impressionist exhibitions from 1874 to 1886, and his generosity as a mentor shaped the next generation—Cézanne, Gauguin, Seurat, and Signac among them. In pastel, a medium prized for its speed and chromatic intensity, Pissarro found an especially apt vehicle for capturing fleeting effects and the immediacy of observation, without sacrificing structure or psychological nuance. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>The enduring importance of his work is underscored by recent museum attention, including the Denver Art Museum’s major exhibition positioning him as “the first Impressionist” (<em>The Honest Eye: Camille Pissarro's Impressionism</em>, October 26, 2025 – February 8, 2026), the first significant U.S. survey of the artist in four decades. <em>Paysannes assises</em> also resonates with closely related figure studies in major collections, such as examples at LACMA and The Morgan Library, affirming the centrality of these pastoral subjects within Pissarro’s practice and within Impressionism itself. </div>
Paysannes assisesvers 188016 x 22 po(40,64 x 55,88 cm) crayon sur papier
Provenance
Collection Erna Stiebel
Christie's, New York, 11 mai 1995, lot 231 (provenant de la succession d'Erna Stiebel)
Paolo Dal Bosco, Trente, acquis lors de la vente susmentionnée
Pandolfini Casa d'Aste : mardi 29 octobre 2019, lot 00004, Trésors redécouverts Chefs-d'œuvre impressionnistes et modernes (provenant d'une collection privée)
Collection privée, Londres, acquis lors de la vente aux enchères susmentionnée
Littérature
Cette œuvre sera incluse dans le prochain catalogue raisonné numérique de Pissarro
 
Paysannes assises (vers 1880) de Camille Pissarro est un pastel aux couleurs riches et de grand format qui distille l'humanisme et la modernité de l'artiste dans une rencontre intime et quotidienne. Deux paysannes sont assises et conversent tranquillement, leurs corps étant décrits avec des contours assurés et des plans de couleur adoucis qui semblent à la fois immédiats et tendres. La teinte chaude du papier devient un champ actif, permettant aux passages de bleu, de vert et de rose de respirer autour des personnages, tandis que les coups de pinceau indéniablement picturaux de Pissarro, tantôt légers, tantôt appuyés, donnent à la scène texture, lumière et présence vivante. Lumineuse mais sobre, cette œuvre est emblématique de Pissarro : directe, sans sentimentalisme et profondément attentive à la vie rurale.


 


Souvent considéré comme le pilier de l'impressionnisme, Pissarro était la force la plus constante, la plus expérimentale et la plus unificatrice du mouvement. Il fut le seul artiste à exposer dans les huit expositions impressionnistes de 1874 à 1886, et sa générosité en tant que mentor a façonné la génération suivante, notamment Cézanne, Gauguin, Seurat et Signac. Dans le pastel, un médium apprécié pour sa rapidité et son intensité chromatique, Pissarro a trouvé un moyen particulièrement approprié pour capturer les effets fugaces et l'immédiateté de l'observation, sans sacrifier la structure ou les nuances psychologiques.


 


L'importance durable de son œuvre est soulignée par l'attention récente que lui portent les musées, notamment le Denver Art Museum qui lui consacre une grande exposition le présentant comme « le premier impressionniste » (The Honest Eye: Camille Pissarro's Impressionism, du 26 octobre 2025 au 8 février 2026), la première grande rétrospective américaine consacrée à l'artiste depuis quatre décennies. Paysannes assises trouve également un écho dans des études de personnages étroitement liées, issues de collections majeures telles que celles du LACMA et de la Morgan Library, affirmant ainsi la place centrale de ces sujets pastoraux dans la pratique de Pissarro et dans l'impressionnisme lui-même.
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