Félix Pissarro

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Félix Pissarro
Portrait of Félix Pissarro, by his father Camille Pissarro, 1881
Félix en jupe from his father Camille Pissarro, 1883

Félix Pissarro (born July 24, 1874 in Pontoise , France , † November 29, 1897 in Kew , United Kingdom ) was a French painter , etcher and caricaturist . He came from the artist family Pissarro .

Life

Pissarro was also known under the pseudonym Jean Roch and in his family circle as Titi , was the third son of the impressionist painter Camille Pissarro and his wife Julia, née Vellay. His siblings were Lucien , Jeanne, Georges Henri , Ludovic Rodolphe , Jeanne (Cocotte) and Paul Émile Pissarro .

Pissarro's father thought he was "the most promising of his sons," but he contracted tuberculosis before he could reach his full potential. He died in a London mental institution at the age of 23 and was buried in the cemetery on Lower Grove Road, Richmond, Section F, grave 1176. His tombstone was restored in 2001.

In his obituary, the French journalist Octave Mirbeau attested Félix Pissarro an "unusual talent, glowing imagination, originality, passion, vision, spontaneity and above all a natural talent".

Work (selection)

  • Bouquet d'anémones
  • Paysage
  • Massif de fleurs
  • Bord de rivière
  • Arbres et cabanes
  • L'arbre penché
  • Bouquet de roses
  • Portrait de femme orientale
  • La vieille
  • Nature morte
  • Promenade dans un parc

Two of his landscapes, which he painted in Richmond, are in the possession of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford .

literature

Web links

Commons : Félix Pissarro  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Stern Pissarro Gallery: Félix Pissarro (1874–1897) pissarro.art (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Cecil Roth: Jewish art: an illustrated history. McGraw-Hill, New York 1961, pp. 581 (English, Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  2. ^ Jonathon Jones: Portrait of Félix Pissarro, Pablo Picasso (1881) . In: The Guardian . January 26, 2002, p. 4 (English, theguardian.com ).
  3. ↑ Stern Pissarro Gallery: Pissarro Family. (English, pissarro.art ).
  4. ↑ a b Stern-Pissarro-Gallery: Félix Pissarro (1874–1897) (English, pissarro.art ).
  5. ^ Reed, Nicholas: Pissarro in West London. Kew, Chiswick and Richmond . 4th edition. Lilburne Press, London 1997, ISBN 1-901167-02-X , pp. 46 (English).
  6. ↑ a b Pissarro, Félix (English, androom.home.xs4all.nl ).
  7. ↑ Joseph Canu: Pontoise s'offre un Félix Pissarro. La Gazette du Val d'Oise of April 11, 2018 ( actu.fr ).
personal data
SURNAME Pissarro, Felix
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jean Roch, Titi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French painter, etcher and caricaturist
DATE OF BIRTH July 24, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Pontoise , France
DATE OF DEATH November 29, 1897
Place of death Kew , UK