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Paul Emile Pissarro Paul Emile Pissaro, Camille's youngest son, was born in Eragny in 1884. He was brought up in the artistic environment of the family home there and,encouraged by his father, began drawing at early age. Paulemile's godfather was Claude Monet who became his, mentor, teacher and confidante, particulary after Camille's death in 1903. In 1905, Paulemile exhibited at the "Salon des Independants" for the first time, showing an impressionist landscape entitled Bords de l'Epte a Eragny, and although his father had supportedhis desire to be an artis, his mother was eager for him to learn a more practical trade. In 1908 he put aside his artistic pursuits and worked as an automobile mechanic and test-driver, and then as a lace and textile designer, thus allowing him a little time to paint. While Paulemile was still working at the lace factory his brother Lucien, who lived in London, asked him to send over some watercolours, and the sale of these encouraged Paul Emile to leave the factoryand dedicate himself to painting. By the 1920's Paul Emile had become an established Post Impressionist artist in his own right, sharing a studio with Dutch Fauvist Painter Kees Van Dongen (1877-1968) and spending the summer months escaping from paris with him and fellow artist Maurice de Vlaminck. In 1924 he moved to Lyons-la-Forest, a small town near Eragny, where he painted his sorroundings with great pleasure, returning again and again to the placid water of the River Epte winding its way among willows, meadows and hills. During the late 1920's and early 1930's Paul Emile reached the peak of hisartistic development, arriving at the individual style for which he is now best known. In 1930 hevisited an area called Swiss Normandy and instantly fell in love with this part of the Calvados region, andespecially with the River Orne hills and green meadows, separated by the calm waters of the river, offered Paul Emile a new setting for his work and, in 1935, he moved to Clecy with his second wife Yvonne Beaupel, where he remained until his death in 1972. Below are featured
works by Paul Emile Pissarro.
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