Camille Pissarro: Christopher Lloyd, Skira,Rizzoli International Publications, INC, New York, 1981, Fine, HC in box

LLoyd, Christopher. New York. Skira, Rizzoli International Publications. 1981 

English, First Edition, Fine, HC, 13" x 13" Folio, 150 pp.

ISBN: 0847803910

Publishers’ protective cardboard box with black lettering.

Fine blue cloth over board, gilt-stamped illustration to cover, and gilt-stamped lettering to spine. Sharp tips, tightly bound, and unmarked throughout. Replete with black-and-white and full-color images. 150 pp. Fine cream dust jacket featuring illustration of Peasant Girl Bathing her Legs from the collection of Mr. Nathan Cummings and white to front, quote from Paul Cezanne to back. Text in English. Contents include 50 full-color plates and 182 black-and-white illustrations.

Described by Cézanne as “humble and colossal,” Camille Pissarro is considered one of the great artists of the 19^th century.  Pissarro established himself early in his career as an artist of independent and original vision, and became a senior member of the Impressionist group--the only member who took part in all 8 of the Impressionist exhibitions--while also becoming a mentor of Cézanne, Van Gogh, and Gauguin.  This wide-ranging monograph is filled with beautiful illustrations, chapters on Pissarro's early years in St. Thomas and Venezuela, his arrival in France, his involvement with the birth and crisis of Impressionism, his evolving interests, and the later paintings.