Georges Manzana Pissarro
(1871 - 1961)
Pont du Chemin de Fer à Moret
54.5 x 65.2 cm (21 ¹/₂ x 25 ⁵/₈ inches)
Baigneuse dans un cours d'eau
49.5 x 36 cm (19 ¹/₂ x 14 ¹/₈ inches)
Les pêcheurs aux Andelys
41 x 33 cm (16 ¹/₈ x 13 inches)
La jeune Tahitienne
43.7 x 30.7 cm (17 ¹/₄ x 12 ¹/₈ inches)
L’Orientale à la Mandoline
31.5 x 41.5 cm (12.40 x 16.34 inches)
Femme au bord de la rivière
29.7 x 44.4 cm (11 ³/₄ x 17 ¹/₂ inches)
Odette aux seins nus
31.5 x 42.3 cm (12 ³/₈ x 16 ⁵/₈ inches)
Les Orientales
31 x 24 cm (12 ¹/₄ x 9 ¹/₂ inches)
Woman with a White Veil
59.5 x 34.5 cm (23.43 x 13.58 inches)
Femme à la mandoline
48 x 31 cm (18 ⁷/₈ x 12 ¹/₄ inches)
Aziz et Aziza
63 x 50 cm (24 ³/₄ x 19 ³/₄ inches)
Femme en Costume Oriental
31.5 x 23.6 cm (12 ³/₈ x 9 ¹/₄ inches)
La Promenade
49.5 x 63.5 cm (19.49 x 25.00 inches)
Femmes au Paon
22.5 x 29.5 cm (8 ⁷/₈ x 11 ⁵/₈ inches)
Poisson d'Or
32.5 x 41 cm (12 ³/₄ x 16 ¹/₈ inches)
Procede
24 x 30 cm (9.45 x 11.81 inches)
Two Turkeys
42 x 59.5 cm (16.54 x 23.43 inches)
Turkey
21.5 x 27 cm (8 ¹/₂ x 10 ⁵/₈ inches)
Port Scene in Brittany
50 x 66 cm (19.69 x 25.98 inches)
Country Path with Red Roofs
32 x 24 cm (12.60 x 9.45 inches)
Le Due Fait de la Peinture
27.5 x 18.3 cm (10 ⁷/₈ x 7 ¹/₄ inches)
Portrait de Camille Pissarro à Éragny
29.2 x 24.2 cm (11 ¹/₂ x 9 ¹/₂ inches)
Portrait of Félix
20.5 x 26.5 cm (8 ¹/₈ x 10 ³/₈ inches)
Roboa Sleeping (The Artist's Wife)
20.4 x 31.2 cm (8 x 12 ¹/₄ inches)
Man with Camel and Donkey
18.4 x 27.3 cm (7 ¹/₄ x 10 ³/₄ inches)
Turban
13.4 x 8.1 cm (5 ¹/₄ x 3 ¹/₄ inches)
Red Fez Hat
8.4 x 13.5 cm (3 ¹/₄ x 5 ¹/₄ inches)
Moroccan Girl in Colourful Dress
20.5 x 13 cm (8 ¹/₈ x 5 ¹/₈ inches)
Jeune Orientale Assise
63 x 50 cm (24 ³/₄ x 19 ³/₄ inches)
Une femme, un chat et des souris
13.3 x 8.7 cm (5 ¹/₄ x 3 ³/₈ inches)
Georges Manzana Pissarro
biography
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
