Coconut Palms by the Sea, St. Thomas (Translation)
Cocotiers au Bord de la Mer, St. Thomas (Primary Title)
Camille Pissarro, French, 1830 - 1903 (Artist)
This is one of several pictures Pissarro painted of his birthplace, St. Thomas, after moving to France in 1855. Pissarro was essentially self-taught, and Cézanne later commented, “He had the good fortune to be born in the Antilles. There he learnt to draw without masters.” Nearly twenty years later, the Impressionists engaged with Pissarro’s interests in direct observation of nature and light, discernible here, and the artist became the only Impressionist to exhibit in each of the eight group shows.
Signed lower left: "C. Pizarro" (followed by illegible inscription) Inscribed on back: "A mon cher neveu Emmanuel Pichon / Souvenir du 25 Mars 1906 / Anton Melbye"
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
2019-2020: "Van Gogh Monet Degas, The Mellon Collection of French Art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts", Palazzo Zabarella, Padua, Italy, October 26, 2019 - March 1, 2020
2019-2021: Van Gogh, Monet, Degas, and Their Times: The Mellon Collection of French Art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN, February 2 - May 5, 2019; Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS, April 4, 2020 - January 10, 2021
2018-2019: "Van Gogh, Monet, Degas: The Mellon Collection of French Art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts", The Frick Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, March 17 - July 15, 2018; Oklahoma Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, June 22 - September 22, 2019
2017: “Pissarro, Between Danish Golden Age Painting and French Impressionism”, Ordrupgaard Museum for Fransk Impressionisme, Copenhagen, Denmark, March 9 – July 2, 2017
Impressionism and the Caribbean: Francisco Oller and His Transatlantic World, Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas, June 14 - September 6, 2015; Brooklyn Museum, October 2, 2015 - January 3, 2016; Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, January 29 - April 24, 2016
Pissarro, Hayward Gallery, London, Oct. 20, 1980-Jan. 11, 1981; Grand Palais, Paris, Jan. 30-April 27, 1981; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, May 19-Aug. 9, 1981
Camille Pissarro, Kunstmuseum, Berne, Jan. 19-March 10, 1957
Exposition Camille Pissarro, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, June 26-Sept. 14, 1956
2019-2021: Van Gogh, Monet, Degas, and Their Times: The Mellon Collection of French Art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN, February 2 - May 5, 2019; Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS, April 4, 2020 - January 10, 2021
2018-2019: "Van Gogh, Monet, Degas: The Mellon Collection of French Art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts", The Frick Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, March 17 - July 15, 2018; Oklahoma Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, June 22 - September 22, 2019
2017: “Pissarro, Between Danish Golden Age Painting and French Impressionism”, Ordrupgaard Museum for Fransk Impressionisme, Copenhagen, Denmark, March 9 – July 2, 2017
Impressionism and the Caribbean: Francisco Oller and His Transatlantic World, Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas, June 14 - September 6, 2015; Brooklyn Museum, October 2, 2015 - January 3, 2016; Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, January 29 - April 24, 2016
Pissarro, Hayward Gallery, London, Oct. 20, 1980-Jan. 11, 1981; Grand Palais, Paris, Jan. 30-April 27, 1981; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, May 19-Aug. 9, 1981
Camille Pissarro, Kunstmuseum, Berne, Jan. 19-March 10, 1957
Exposition Camille Pissarro, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, June 26-Sept. 14, 1956
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