Camille Pissarro, French Impressionist (3)

Hoarfrost, 1873

Camille Pissarro, French Impressionist (1), (2)

By the end of 1871 almost all the painters returned to Paris after the war. Paul Durand-Ruel (a French art dealer and important advocate of the Impressionists) purchased several canvases from the young artists and exhibited them in London, in 1872. Manet was represented by 13 canvases, Camille Pissarro by 9, Sisley by 6, Monet by 4.

With this huge purchase of paintings by the young artists Durand-Ruel tied his career with the new movement, although he had not been able to sell any of those paintings. But he thought that 'a true picture dealer should also be an enlightened patron;...he should, if necessary, sacrifice his immediate interest to his artistic convictions.' Later his attempts to sell those works not only faced formidable obstacles, but also undermined his credibility among many collectors who refused to share his admiration and even considered him insane.

In 1874 some of Pissarro's paintings were sold at an auction sale in Paris at unexpectedly high prices - 950 francs. He wrote to one of his friends: "It was even said that this is astonishing for a straight landscape".
Also then Durand-Ruel was preparing a publication of of a 3-volumes catalog with 300 reproductions of the best paintings in his possession - among them five by Pissarro.
Theodore Duret, French art critic, wrote to Pissarro: "..you have an intimate and profound feeling for nature and a power of brush.."

Kitchen Gardens at l'Hermitage, Pontoise, 1873

Path of l'Hermitage at Pontoise, 1872

Sunset, 1872

Girl Tending a Cow in a Pasture, 1874

The Cabbage Field, Pontoise, 1873

Autumn Landscape, near Pontoise, 1872

The House in the Forest, 1872

Bourgeois House in l'Hermitage, Pontoise 1873

Chestnut Trees at Osny, 1873

The Road from Versalles to Saint-Germain at Louveciennes, 1872

View of Pontoise, 1873

Ducks on the Pond at Montfoucault, 1874

Entering the Village of Voisins, 1872

Town Garden in Pontoise, 1873

Farmyard in Pontoise, 1874

Groves of Chestnut Trees at Louveciennes, 1872

Haystack, Pontoise, 1873

Landscape with a White Horse in a Meadow, L'Hermitage, 1872

Pontoise, Snow Effect

Louveciennes, 1871

Near Sydenham Hill, Looking towards Lower Norwood, 1871

Orchards at Louveciennes, 1872

Orchard in Blossom, Louveciennes, 1872

Outskirts of Louveciennes, 1871

Pontoise, the Road to Gisors in Winter, 1873

Road to Racquencourt, 1871

September Celebration, Pontoise, 1872

Spring at Pontoise, 1872

Pink Peonies, 1873

Still Life with Apples and Pitcher, 1872

Street Winter Sunlight and Snow, 1872

All Saints Church, Upper Norwood, 1871

The Crossroads, Pontoise, 1872

Village Street, Auvers-sur-Oise, 1873