Georges Manzana Pissarro
(1871 - 1961)

Georges Manzana Pissarro

Bord de rivière

Oil on canvas
54.3 x 65.5 cm (21 ³/₈ x 25 ³/₄ inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

Le port de Rouen

Oil on canvas
54 x 65 cm (21 ¹/₄ x 25 ⁵/₈ inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

Pont du Chemin de Fer à Moret

Oil on canvas
54.5 x 65.2 cm (21 ¹/₂ x 25 ⁵/₈ inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

La Plage aux Andelys

Oil on board
23.7 x 32.9 cm (9.33 x 12.95 inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

Les Tuileries

Oil on canvas
38 x 55 cm (15 x 21 ⁵/₈ inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

Toits Rouges à Menton

Oil on board
40 x 56.5 cm (15.75 x 22.24 inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

Baigneuse dans un cours d'eau

Gouache on paper
49.5 x 36 cm (19 ¹/₂ x 14 ¹/₈ inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

Les pêcheurs aux Andelys

Gouache on cardboard
41 x 33 cm (16 ¹/₈ x 13 inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

La jeune Tahitienne

Pastel, watercolour, graphite and gold paint on paper laid down on cardboard
43.7 x 30.7 cm (17 ¹/₄ x 12 ¹/₈ inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

L’Orientale à la Mandoline

Mixed media with gold on paper
31.5 x 41.5 cm (12.40 x 16.34 inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

Femme au bord de la rivière

Pastel on paper
29.7 x 44.4 cm (11 ³/₄ x 17 ¹/₂ inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

Odette aux seins nus

Mixed media and gold on paper
31.5 x 42.3 cm (12 ³/₈ x 16 ⁵/₈ inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

Les Orientales

Mixed media and gold on paper
31 x 24 cm (12 ¹/₄ x 9 ¹/₂ inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

Woman with a White Veil

Mixed media with gold and silver on board, laid on canvas
59.5 x 34.5 cm (23.43 x 13.58 inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

Femme à la mandoline

Mixed media on paper
48 x 31 cm (18 ⁷/₈ x 12 ¹/₄ inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

Aziz et Aziza

Pastel, watercolour, graphite, gold and silver paint on paper laid down on cardboard
63 x 50 cm (24 ³/₄ x 19 ³/₄ inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

Femme en Costume Oriental

Pastel on paper
31.5 x 23.6 cm (12 ³/₈ x 9 ¹/₄ inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

Woman with Black Swans

Monotype
26.4 x 19.5 cm (10 ³/₈ x 7 ⁵/₈ inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

Deux Bretonnes

Pastel on paper
26.5 x 34.6 cm (10.43 x 13.62 inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

La Promenade

Charcoal and pastel on paper
49.5 x 63.5 cm (19.49 x 25.00 inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

Femmes au Paon

Mixed media with gouache, gold and silver highlights and charcoal on paper
22.5 x 29.5 cm (8 ⁷/₈ x 11 ⁵/₈ inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

Poisson d'Or

Oil and enamel paint on panel
32.5 x 41 cm (12 ³/₄ x 16 ¹/₈ inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

Cat and Cockerel

Oil and gold on panel
65 x 94 cm (25 ⁵/₈ x 37 inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

Procede

Coloured monotype with gold, silver and pencil
24 x 30 cm (9.45 x 11.81 inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

Les poules

Pochoir
30 x 46 cm (11 ³/₄ x 18 ¹/₈ inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

Two Turkeys

Pochoir with hand-coloured metallic paint
42 x 59.5 cm (16.54 x 23.43 inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

Magpie

Pochoir
26.5 x 45 cm (10 ³/₈ x 17 ³/₄ inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

Deux chats

Gouache and gold on paper
28 x 45.3 cm (11 x 17 ⁷/₈ inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

Les cygnes

Watercolour monotype
49 x 63 cm (19 ¹/₄ x 24 ³/₄ inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

Turkey

Charcoal and colour crayon on paper
21.5 x 27 cm (8 ¹/₂ x 10 ⁵/₈ inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

Port Scene in Brittany

Charcoal on artist's board
50 x 66 cm (19.69 x 25.98 inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

Country Path with Red Roofs

Coloured crayon, pencil and charcoal on paper
32 x 24 cm (12.60 x 9.45 inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

Wild Ducks

Charcoal and pastel on paper
46 x 62 cm (18.11 x 24.41 inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

Le Due Fait de la Peinture

Hand coloured with gold and silver over monotype
27.5 x 18.3 cm (10 ⁷/₈ x 7 ¹/₄ inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

Undressing II

Pencil on paper
13.6 x 10.6 cm (5 ³/₈ x 4 ¹/₈ inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

Portrait de Camille Pissarro à Éragny

Conté Pierre Noire on paper
29.2 x 24.2 cm (11 ¹/₂ x 9 ¹/₂ inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

Portrait of Félix

Coloured crayon and pencil on paper
20.5 x 26.5 cm (8 ¹/₈ x 10 ³/₈ inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

Roboa Sleeping (The Artist's Wife)

Charcoal on paper
20.4 x 31.2 cm (8 x 12 ¹/₄ inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

Moroccan Market

Pencil on paper
20.8 x 26.9 cm (8 ¹/₄ x 10 ⁵/₈ inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

Man with Camel and Donkey

Pastel and pencil on paper
18.4 x 27.3 cm (7 ¹/₄ x 10 ³/₄ inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

Turban

Colour crayon and pencil on paper
13.4 x 8.1 cm (5 ¹/₄ x 3 ¹/₄ inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

Red Fez Hat

Colour crayon and pencil on paper
8.4 x 13.5 cm (3 ¹/₄ x 5 ¹/₄ inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

Moroccan Girl in Colourful Dress

Coloured crayon on paper
20.5 x 13 cm (8 ¹/₈ x 5 ¹/₈ inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

Fille au Pigeon

Etching & aquatint
36 x 13.8 cm (14.17 x 5.43 inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

La Bergère Turque

Etching
33.5 x 27 cm (13.19 x 10.63 inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

Jeune Orientale Assise

Charcoal on paper
63 x 50 cm (24 ³/₄ x 19 ³/₄ inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

Une femme courant

Etching
16.5 x 11.5 cm (6 ¹/₂ x 4 ¹/₂ inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

Une femme caressant un chat

Etching
11.8 x 8.8 cm (4 ⁵/₈ x 3 ¹/₂ inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

Les trois contes (Flaubert)

Etching
11.5 x 9.4 cm (4 ¹/₂ x 3 ³/₄ inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

Une femme, un chat et des souris

Etching
13.3 x 8.7 cm (5 ¹/₄ x 3 ³/₈ inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro

Le chien de la colombe

Etching
10 x 9.3 cm (4 x 3 ⁵/₈ inches)

Georges Manzana Pissarro

biography

Like all second-generation Pissarro artists, Georges Henri ‘Manzana’ Pissarro initially worked under a pseudonym. Born in 1871, Manzana was the third of Camille Pissarro’s seven children, adopting the name ‘Manzana’ in 1894 after the maiden name of his maternal grandmother. It was not until around 1910, to honour his deceased father, that he employed his family name when signing his work.

Manzana studied with his father from an early age and spent his formative years surrounded by the distinguished artists associated with the Impressionist movement – Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne, and Paul Gauguin – who frequented the Pissarro home in Éragny. At his father's side he learnt not only to handle brush and pencil but also to observe nature and its changing qualities.

Subjected to rich and diverse influences, Manzana became a prolific and versatile artist, working with oil, pastel and watercolour as well as etchings, lithography and stencils. As a young man he adopted his father's purely Impressionist style and produced a series of landscapes around Éragny. He exhibited Impressionist works at the Salon d'Automne and the Salon des Indépendants, as well as Durand Ruel and Druet galleries in Paris in the early 1900s.

In 1906 his work began to evolve. Inspired by Dr Mardus’ French translation of ‘A Thousand and One Nights’, Manzana embarked on a grand project to publish his own illustrated version of these magical tales. This pulled Manzana into the umbrella of the decorative arts movement where he flourished creating tapestries, glassware, furniture, ceramics and metal work, all inspired by Orientalism and often incorporating gold, silver and copper paint. In 1907 he had his first exhibition of decorative works at Vollard but it was the 1914 exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris which dramatically boosted his career. Here he exhibited 311 works including tapestries, carpets, furniture, glassware, decorative paintings, etchings and lithographs.

The subsequent years were filled with bright ideas, gilded costumes and a glittering lifestyle as Manzana navigated the 20s and 30s between Les Andelys and Paris, spending many summers in Brittany. These culminated in a series of colourful yet delicate new works which Manzana exhibited prolifically. When war broke out in 1939 Manzana moved with his family to Casablanca, where he remained until 1947. Manzana was married and widowed three times. The last years of his life were spent in Menton with his son Félix who was also an accomplished artist. There Manzana returned to the Impressionist tradition of his early years, painting the serene landscapes that surrounded him.

Georges Manzana Pissarro

biography

artist