The paintings of England by Camille Pisarro and his offspring
Camille Pissarro, the founder of French Impressionism, paid 4 visits to England between 1870-1897 and produced some 30 fine paintings on his visits to London. His eldest son Lucien Pissarro moved to England in 1890, married an English girl in 1892, and stayed in England for the rest of his life, producing over 500 paintings of West London and of country scenes. Another son Ludovic-Rodo spent many years in England and produced paintings of central and west London. Lucien’s daughter Orovida also became a well-known painter, but in a very different style. The paintings of England by the Pissarro family stretch from 1870 to the present time and make an interesting record of the country through three generations.
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THE ARTS SOCIETY ACCREDITED LECTURER
Mr Nicholas Reed
An art historian and archaeologist. In the 1980s he became Founder- Chairman of the Friends of Shakespeare's Globe. In 2005 he was one of two Lecturer Representatives on the The Arts Society Advisory Council and also Vice-Chairman of Folkestone. He is the author of four books on the Impressionists in England, and one on the Frost Fairs on the Frozen Thames. His latest book My Father, the Man who Never Was features in his latest lecture.
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