Lélia Pissarro, Contemporary
(b. 1963)

Lélia Pissarro, Contemporary

Roger Howard at Ladywood

Acrylic, oil and gold powder on canvas
100 x 100 cm (39 ³/₈ x 39 ³/₈ inches)
Lélia Pissarro, Contemporary

Tu porteras chance

Oil and gold on canvas
90 x 210 cm (35 ³/₈ x 82 ⁵/₈ inches)
Lélia Pissarro, Contemporary

Everything you Touch Turns to Gold

Acrylic and gold powder on canvas
146 x 114 cm (57.48 x 44.88 inches)
Lélia Pissarro, Contemporary

One Day

Oil on canvas
146 x 114 cm (57.48 x 44.88 inches)
Lélia Pissarro, Contemporary

Ontology of Love (To my Muse)

Acrylic and resin on canvas
65 x 81 cm (25 ⁵/₈ x 31 ⁷/₈ inches)
Lélia Pissarro, Contemporary

J't'entends plus (I can't hear you ..... anymore)

Red pigment, black acrylic, gold powder on canvas
100 x 70 cm (39.37 x 27.56 inches)
Lélia Pissarro, Contemporary

Dreams come true

Acrylic, pigment and gold powder on canvas
100 x 75 cm (39 ³/₈ x 29 ¹/₂ inches)
Lélia Pissarro, Contemporary

Abstract Composition in Blue & Gold 2

Acrylic and gold on canvas
61 x 50 cm (24.02 x 19.69 inches)
Lélia Pissarro, Contemporary

Gold Charlotte

Mixed media and gold leaf on canvas
102 x 76 cm (40 ¹/₈ x 29 ⁷/₈ inches)
Lélia Pissarro, Contemporary

Tu es matinale aujourd’hui

Blue and gold acrylic and glitter on canvas
80 x 59.5 cm (31.50 x 23.43 inches)
Lélia Pissarro, Contemporary

I Love You

Acrylic and gold on canvas
61 x 50 cm (24 x 19 ³/₄ inches)
Lélia Pissarro, Contemporary

Maureen and I

Acrylic and glitter on canvas
149 x 126 cm (58 ⁵/₈ x 49 ⁵/₈ inches)
Lélia Pissarro, Contemporary

For I have provided for myself a King among his sons

Acrylic and glitters on canvas
70 x 70 cm (27 ¹/₂ x 27 ¹/₂ inches)
Lélia Pissarro, Contemporary

I Love You

Acrylic and glitters on canvas
80 x 90 cm (31 ¹/₂ x 35 ³/₈ inches)
Lélia Pissarro, Contemporary

Brave - Vigorous - Manful

Black and red acrylic, red glitter
152 x 126.5 cm (59 ⁷/₈ x 49 ³/₄ inches)
Lélia Pissarro, Contemporary

Memories

Oil on canvas
120 x 60 cm (47 ¹/₄ x 23 ⁵/₈ inches)
Lélia Pissarro, Contemporary

Humility

Oil and diamond dust on canvas
120 x 100 cm (47.24 x 39.37 inches)
Lélia Pissarro, Contemporary

Audace

Oil and glitter on canvas
56 x 40.5 cm (22.05 x 16 inches)
Lélia Pissarro, Contemporary

Art Meets Something but We're not Quite Sure What it is

Acrylic, gold leaf and resin on canvas
97.4 x 130 cm (38 ³/₈ x 51 ¹/₈ inches)
Lélia Pissarro, Contemporary

Rhino sauvage sous la pluie, ta force ma taille

Acrylic, oil and resin on canvas
140.5 x 114 cm (55 ¹/₄ x 44 ⁷/₈ inches)
Lélia Pissarro, Contemporary

Blind folding

Red pigment, black acrylic, gold powder on canvas
160 x 120 cm (62.99 x 47.24 inches)
Lélia Pissarro, Contemporary

And-Lia

Acrylic and gold powder on canvas
100 x 70 cm (39.37 x 27.56 inches)
Lélia Pissarro, Contemporary

Liberté Interdite

Acrylic on canvas
115.5 x 85.5 cm (45.47 x 33.66 inches)
Lélia Pissarro, Contemporary

Hyde Park Corner

Acrylic and silver powder on canvas
100 x 70 cm (39 ³/₈ x 27 ¹/₂ inches)
Lélia Pissarro, Contemporary

Mains Gantées Cachées

Acrylic and silver dust on canvas
114.3 x 83.82 cm (45 x 33 inches)
Lélia Pissarro, Contemporary

Libellule

Acrylic and silver dust on canvas
35 x 27 cm (13.78 x 10.63 inches)
Lélia Pissarro, Contemporary

C’est moi qui te capture et qui te garde dans mes bras

Acrylic on canvas
89 x 59.5 cm (35.04 x 23.43 inches)
Lélia Pissarro, Contemporary

Thank you, Dotahn

Tempera, watercolour and gold leaf and powder on paper
26 x 17 cm (10 ¹/₄ x 6 ³/₄ inches)
Lélia Pissarro, Contemporary

Au jardin du Luxembourg

Mixed media on paper
22.5 x 17.5 cm (8 ⁷/₈ x 6 ⁷/₈ inches)
Lélia Pissarro, Contemporary

I can hear the birds

Mixed media on paper
21.5 x 14.5 cm (8 ¹/₂ x 5 ³/₄ inches)
Lélia Pissarro, Contemporary

Pink and Blue

Tempera and gold on paper
15.1 x 9.9 cm (6 x 3 ⁷/₈ inches)
Lélia Pissarro, Contemporary

Les perruches de Kiki

Mixed media on paper
16 x 13 cm (6 ¹/₄ x 5 ¹/₈ inches)
Lélia Pissarro, Contemporary

Blue and Pink

Tempera and gold on paper
15 x 10.2 cm (5 ⁷/₈ x 4 inches)
Lélia Pissarro, Contemporary

All day and all night

Acrylic and silver paint on paper
23 x 30 cm (9 x 11 ³/₄ inches)
Lélia Pissarro, Contemporary

Sunny Side Up

Tempera, ink and silver paint on paper
21.5 x 28 cm (8 ¹/₂ x 11 inches)
Lélia Pissarro, Contemporary

Green Bodies

Tempera and gold paint on paper
23 x 30 cm (9 x 11 ³/₄ inches)
Lélia Pissarro, Contemporary

Abstract Composition

Tempera and silver paint on paper
20 x 27 cm (7.87 x 10 ⁵/₈ inches)

Lélia Pissarro, Contemporary

biography

Born in Paris in 1963, Lélia is the third and youngest child of Hugues-Claude and Katia Pissarro. She was raised, however, in the loving care of her grandparents Paulémile Pissarro, Camille’s youngest son, and his wife Yvonne, in Clécy, Normandy.

From a young age, Lélia’s interest in drawing and painting was nurtured by her grandfather while she sat beside him at his easel, captivated. He taught her the fundamental Impressionist and Post-Impressionist techniques he had learnt from his father and brothers before him and watched as her skills blossomed rapidly. Standing readily on the shoulders of giants, Lélia sold her first painting to New York art dealer Wally Findlay, when she was only four years of age.

When Lélia turned 11 she moved to Paris to live with her parents where, with the guiding support of her father’s teachings she began to broaden her skill sets. Under the watchful eye of her father Hughes Claude Pissarro, she became exposed to new environments and learnt to experiment with abstract styles and subjects. At age 14 Lélia submitted some of these works to the exhibition ‘Salon de la Jeune Peinture’ at the Luxembourg Museum in Paris. Being underage, however, she had to submit these works secretly under the pseudonym Rachel Manzana Pomié.

With her parents dividing their time between France and California, Lélia found herself moving between Tours, Paris and San Francisco, all the while studying fine art and psychology at the University des Beaux Arts. She eventually settled in Paris to teach art at the Moria School and study oil painting conservation under the guidance of a teacher from the Louvre museum. During this time she began to present her work in solo exhibitions in Paris, Lyon, Mulhouse and Rennes.

In 1988 Lélia married English art dealer David Stern and moved to London. Their three children Kalia, Lyora and Dotahn, all paved their own way in the art world. From 1995 Lélia participated in a series of exhibitions entitled Pissarro – The Four Generations, which were held in galleries in London, Tel Aviv, Boston, Austin, San Francisco, Cleveland, Milwaukee and Los Angeles as well as a number of museums in Japan in 1998 and the Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 2000. In 1999 Lélia also became one of the founders of the Sorteval Press, a group of artists dedicated to developing techniques in etching and printmaking. Their first exhibition took place at the Mall Gallery in London.

In 2005 following a long break in painting because of Cancer, Lélia started a journey into modern art creating a number of different series: Circles, Shoes, Animals, exploring these until she reached the point of abstraction and minimalism. Developing innovative techniques, she began incorporating in her work new materials such as gold, wax and encaustic paint.

To coincide with a major exhibition at Stern Pissarro gallery in 2010 a book entitled The Colours of Silence was published on her entire career, documenting the steps in Lélia’s life story while offering a retrospective view of her works which amply attest to her artistic diversity and sustained spirit of adventure.

Working today from her London studio located by Richmond Park and the river Thames, Lélia upholds the legacy of painting en plein-air while simultaneously continuing to explore modern techniques. She works dedicatedly on a selection of different series all borne out of her home studio - a carefully crafted space designed to meet her evolving requirements.

Besides her work as a painter, today Lélia is also a partner in Stern Pissarro Gallery and is the official expert for the work of her grandfather Paulémile Pissarro, as well her great uncles Manzana and Ludovic Rodo Pissarro. Amidst all this, Lélia still finds a way to make time to devote herself to another great passion, teaching.

Lélia Pissarro, Contemporary

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