A Chronology of Pissarro's Life

THE ART OF PISSARRO Pissarro, L.& Rewald, J. (Ed.) (1981). Letters to His son Lucien. Nov. 20, 1883, p. 38. In Schirrmeister, A. (1982). Camille Pissarro . NY: The Metropolitan Mus. Review:

1830: Jacob Camille Pissarro born on July 10 th in St. Thomas 1842-47:

Studies in France 1855:

Returns to France permanently 1859: Salon accepts one of his landscapes

1860: Becomes friendly with Ludovic Piette and with Julie Vellay

1862: Julie has a miscarriage

1863: O on February 20 th , their son Lucien is born

1864: Visits Piette in Montfoucault

1865: Daughter, Jeanne-Rachel is born

1868: Salon accepts two of his Pontoise landscapes

1870: Salon accepts two landscapes. He flees Louveciennes during Franco-Prussian War Marries Julie in London while staying at home of half-sister

1871: Sells two paintings to Paul Durand-Ruel In November, their son Georges is born

1872: Settles in Pontoise with Cezanne

1873: His paintings bring high prices at various auctions He and Monet organize independent exhibitions opposed to Salon

1874: 1 st exhibition of “Impressionists” dubbed by ironic critic In April, daughter Jeanne-Rachel (Minette) dies at age 9 In July, son Felix is born

1875: spends fall at Piette’s in Montfoucault

1876: Shows 12 works in the 2 nd Impressionist exhibition

1877: His works bring very low prices at auction Ludovic Piette dies

1878: In September, his son Ludovic-Rodolphe is born

1879: Pissarro shows 38 works in 4 th Impressionist Exhibition 1880: Sends 11 paintings and etchings to the 5 th Impressionist exhibition

1881: Participates with 11 landscapes in 6 th Impressionist Exhibition In August, his daughter Jeanne is born

1882: Sends 36 canvases and gouaches to the 7 th Impressionist Exhibition

1884: Leaves Osny for Eragny near Gisors (Eure) Their last child, Paul Emile is born Pissarro is faced with grave financial problems.

1886: Exhibits 20 ‘divisionist’ paintings in 8 th Impressionist Exhibition

1887: Durand-Ruel refuses to buy his recent, pointillist paintings Pissarro is again in financial straits Julie is so discouraged that she considers suicide

1889: Suffers from chronic eye infection

1890: Abandons divisionism Theo asks Camille to accept Vincent as a boarder Mme Pissarro objects to a SICK man among her small children Camille listens to his wife! (BIBLICAL CITATION!)

1892: Durand-Ruel organizes very successful retrospective Lucien marries Esther Bensusan, a Sephardic Jew (What are the chances of this happening? The implication is that some Jewish attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors were transmitted to his son. These are all cultural characteristics).

1897: In November, son Felix dies in England at age 23 Exhibits in Pittsburgh at the Second International Show

1901: Dies of blood poisoning from abcess of the prostate

1905: Lucien wrote to his mother: “ Don’t worry about father, HE WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN… .when he does come up, it will be for good . (MAY HIS MEMORY BE FOR A BLESSING!)

This program for January is the second of a four-part series.