Henri Matisse once asked Camille Pissarro to define Impressionism. “An Impressionist,” the older painter replied, “is the artist who paints a different picture every time, a painter who never produces ...

A POSTHUMOUSLY published collection of letters written with no eye to publication can be a tasteless, scandalmongering indiscretion; a disappointing compendium of scraps, boring trivia, and tedious ...

Known as the father of the Impressionist movement, Camille Pissarro was an early pioneer of the style and a mentor to those who came after him, including Claude Monet and Paul Cézanne. But despite his ...

Midway through Alice Hoffman's latest novel, the mother of the great impressionist painter Camille Pissarro takes her 2-week-old son into the forest to find a medicine man she hopes can cure him of ...

Camille Pissarro and Paul Cezanne’s meeting at the Academie Suisse in 1861 proved to be a significant moment for both artists. The two formed a creative bond that lasted for more than 20 years, with ...

The California Attorney General will defend an art theft law that could call for Madrid's Thyssen-Bornemisza to return a ...

She further explains that with its early date, the painting sheds important light on the artist’s formative years, prior to his relocation to Paris in 1855. “We know of only one other portrait from ...

"Pissarro's People," which opens today at the Legion of Honor, extends the recent string of turn-of-the-20th-century French painting shows that has kept the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco's ticket ...

In a press release from the State of California - Department of Justice, Bonta’s office said it has moved to intervene in ...