Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié
b. 1935
Verger
Oil on canvas130 x 162 cm (51 ¼ x 63 ¾ inches)
Signed and dated on reverse, Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié 1998
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the artist.
Signed and dated on reverse, Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié 1998
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the artist.
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.
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
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