Paul-Emile Pissarro (French, 1884 - 1972)

"Le Phare." Pastel drawing on heavy artistic paper, signed "Paulemile Pissarro in lower right, floated over black mat board with inner gold fillet, ivory matting and framed under glass in a gilt wood frame with name plate, overall 26 ½" x 30 ⅜".
Accompanied by a certificate of authentication from Katia Pissarro, an established European art dealer who became part of the multi-generational Pissarro family of artists upon her marriage to Hugues Claude Pissarro in 1958. H Claude Pissarro, her husband, is the son of Paul-Emile Pissarro and grandson of the patriarch, Camille Pissarro. With H. Claude Pissarro. Katia became entrenched in the history of the Pissarro legacy and with impressionist and post-impressionist artists. She became an art historian and authenticator of artwork and later in life painted canvases that depicted California landscapes, the French country side and cities.

paper 9 ¾" x 12 ¼"

Paul-Emile Pissarro was born in Eragny, France in 1884. Paulemile - which is how he preferred to spell his name - was the fifth and youngest son of Camille Pissarro. Following his father's death Paulemile returned from Paris with his mother to Eragny, which was only about 20 miles away from Giverny where his father's good friend Monet lived. Paulemile would travel to Giverny where Monet gave him lessons in painting and horticulture. Paul-Emile Pissarro studied with his father and Monet for many years and was exhilarated by the fleeting effects and sought subjects reflections in grass fields, orchards, water, snow, seasonal rythems of country life and like his father shows us his love of "Barbizons" landscapes.

Condition: Very good overall, slightly undulated paper, very light wear to frame.