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Available
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F Sto
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Publication
Doubleday (1985), Edition: 1st, 653 pages
Description
Camille Pissarro was a brilliant, prolific painter and a father of the Impressionist movement. His struggle to be seen and survive the rejection of the art establishment is set against nineteenth-century Europe.
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LibraryThing member andyram
A biography can be likeable because of the character of the protagonist, or the social and geographical environment its set in, or the skilled prose of the author. This book garners full scores on all three counts. Camille Pissaro is a wonderful person to read of, even if, like me, you come to this
Overall, its a splendid read.
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book with no notion of his legacy as an artist. His life is a powerful combination of the human and the super-human in us. His love for painting, his camaraderie with his peers, his love for his family and his all too human doubts and despair, all of these are beautifully captured in Irving Stone's prose. The thing i loved best however, was the way in which the author has described the paintings and what the meant to the artist, in such convincing detail. Overall, its a splendid read.
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LibraryThing member AliceAnna
Should be required reading for anyone studying the Impressionists. It helps give a face to the movement and the players. Pisarro was a natural person to follow because not only did he have such a long career, but he was also very accepting of artists such as Cezanne and Gaugin who were not accepted
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by their peers at first. Plus he was just a good guy you had to root for. Show Less
Pages
653