Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié
(b. 1935)

Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié

Bird

Watercolour on paper
47 x 62 cm (18 ¹/₂ x 24 ³/₈ inches)
Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié

Mer Bleue / Marée Montante

Oil on canvas
130 x 97 cm (51 ¹/₈ x 38 ¹/₄ inches)
Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié

La N.56 à Gortahork

Oil on canvas
65 x 54 cm (25.59 x 21.26 inches)
Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié

Arromanches - La Cale du Musée

Oil on canvas
92 x 73 cm (36.22 x 28.74 inches)
Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié

Banc de Sable - Arromanches

Oil on canvas
130 x 97 cm (51.18 x 38.19 inches)
Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié

La Maison de Sean Duffy à Maghery (Marée Basse en Hiver)

Oil on canvas
92 x 73 cm (36 ¹/₄ x 28 ³/₄ inches)
Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié

La Falaise de Sainte-Honorine

Oil on canvas
100 x 81 cm (39.37 x 31.89 inches)
Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié

La Vierge et Monument, Arromanches

Oil on canvas
130 x 97 cm (51 ¹/₈ x 38 ¹/₄ inches)
Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié

Petite Marine Grise

Oil on canvas
92 x 73 cm (36.22 x 28.74 inches)
Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié

Route de Meenaclady, La Plage

Oil on canvas
92 x 73 cm (36.22 x 28.74 inches)
Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié

Deux Mouettes et les Nuages, Côte Normande

Oil on canvas
130 x 97 cm (51.18 x 38.19 inches)
Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié

Marée Montante

Oil on canvas
130 x 97 cm (51.18 x 38.19 inches)
Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié

Marée Basse - Arromanches

Oil on canvas
65 x 54 cm (25.59 x 21.26 inches)
Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié

L’Anse de Chaloupes à Falcarragh

Oil on canvas
92 x 73 cm (36.22 x 28.74 inches)
Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié

La Plage d'Arromanches

Oil on canvas
130 x 195 cm (51 ¹/₈ x 76 ³/₄ inches)
Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié

Le Poullailer de Kenneth (Milford, Donegal)

Oil on canvas
81 x 65 cm (31.89 x 25.59 inches)
Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié

Camille - Le quai jaune

Oil on canvas
130 x 195 cm (51 ¹/₈ x 76 ³/₄ inches)
Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié

Les maisons des voisins, au début du printemps, à Mareil

Oil on canvas
130 x 195 cm (51 ¹/₈ x 76 ³/₄ inches)
Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié

Un Chien une Chaise et les Gamins-Terrasse

Oil on canvas
130 x 195 cm (51 ¹/₈ x 76 ³/₄ inches)
Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié

Les Maisons Neuves

Oil on canvas
130 x 162 cm (51 ¹/₈ x 63 ³/₄ inches)
Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié

Pignon Bleu - Mareil

Oil on canvas
130 x 162 cm (51 ¹/₈ x 63 ³/₄ inches)
Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié

Deux Arbres - Chatêau de St Georges

Oil on canvas
130 x 162 cm (51.18 x 63.78 inches)
Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié

Bouquet à la Fenêtre

Oil on canvas
96.7 x 129.8 x 2.5 cm (38 ¹/₈ x 51 ¹/₈ x 1 inches)
Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié

Le Bassin du Hérisson, Jardin du Manoir de Tracy

Oil on canvas
195 x 130 cm (76 ³/₄ x 51 ¹/₈ inches)
Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié

Le Petit Cheval Blanc

Oil on canvas
130 x 162 cm (51 ¹/₈ x 63 ³/₄ inches)
Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié

24 hour Painting

Oil on canvas
195 x 130 cm (76 ³/₄ x 51 ¹/₈ inches)
Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié

Les petits lapins de Richard

Oil on canvas
130 x 195 cm (51 ¹/₈ x 76 ³/₄ inches)
Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié

Ulster Bank

Oil on canvas
195 x 130 cm (76 ³/₄ x 51 ¹/₈ inches)
Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié

Dublin Airport

Oil on canvas
130 x 162 cm (51 ¹/₈ x 63 ³/₄ inches)
Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié

Fleurs

Oil and pastel on card
26.5 x 17.8 cm (10 ³/₈ x 7 inches)
Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié

Paysage

Oil on paper
31 x 23.7 cm (12 ¹/₄ x 9 ³/₈ inches)
Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié

Cow

Drypoint
7 x 9 cm (2 ³/₄ x 3 ¹/₂ inches)
Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié

Verger

Oil on canvas
130 x 162 cm (51 ¹/₈ x 63 ³/₄ inches)

Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié

biography

Hugues Claude Pissarro, professionally known as H. Claude Pissarro, is a French painter and direct descendant of one of the most influential Impressionist families in art history. The grandson of Camille Pissarro and son of Paulémile Pissarro, he was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine and raised in an environment centred on painting, creativity and colour. Growing up surrounded by artists, he accompanied his father on outdoor painting trips, continuing the Pissarro tradition of working from life and observing light directly from nature.

He held his first exhibition at the age of fourteen and later studied at prestigious Parisian institutions, including the École Normale Supérieure, followed by training in art restoration under Henri Linard at the Musée du Louvre. This academic grounding led him into teaching, and in 1963 he accepted an invitation to teach art in Monaco while continuing to paint prolifically.

H. Claude Pissarro has worked across a wide range of mediums and styles, as a painter, engraver, lithographer and portraitist, and was commissioned in 1959 to paint President Dwight D. Eisenhower. His artistic evolution has been notably varied: figurative work in the 1960s, conceptual and minimalist phases in the 1970s, and a return to figurative painting in the 1980s under the pseudonym Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié. Works signed Pomié are often more abstract, frequently larger in scale and marked by sweeping gestures and expressive colour, capturing the atmosphere and dramatic landscape of Ireland where he later settled.

From the 1990s onwards his subjects have centred on Normandy, Arromanches and Ireland, reflecting his close connection to the environments in which he lived. His work has been widely exhibited in museums, galleries and international art shows, and even into advanced age he has remained active, dedicated to painting as both craft and lifelong pursuit.

Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié

biography

artist