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44-3099 ND553 MARC Pissarro, Joachim. Pissarro: critical catalogue of paintings, by Claire Durand-Ruel Snollaerts with Alexia de Buffévent and Annie Champié; tr. by Mark Hutchinson and Michael Taylor. Skira/Wildenstein Institute Publications, 2006 (c2005). 3v indexes ISBN 8876245251, $550.00: ISBN 9788876245251, $550.00
The importance of Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) to the history of modern art, French art, and most specifically French Impressionism cannot be overstated. He drafted the Impressionist convention, was principal organizer of the first Impressionist group exhibition in 1874, and was the only group member to exhibit in all eight Paris exhibitions, 1874-86. An artistic innovator throughout his life, he worked in a variety of media and techniques, including drawing, printmaking, and painting. Pissarro...