Paulémile Pissarro
(1884 - 1972)

Paulémile Pissarro

Les foins coupés

Oil on canvas
41.5 x 33.3 cm (16 ³/₈ x 13 ¹/₈ inches)
Paulémile Pissarro

Fisherman and walkers by the river

Oil on canvas
55 x 65 cm (21 ⁵/₈ x 25 ⁵/₈ inches)
Paulémile Pissarro

The boatman, Marais Poitevin

Oil on canvas
72 x 60 cm (28 ³/₈ x 23 ⁵/₈ inches)
Paulémile Pissarro

Les Baigneuses

Oil on canvas
54 x 73 cm (21 ¹/₄ x 28 ³/₄ inches)
Paulémile Pissarro

Rivière Saulaie à Lyons-la-Forêt, Eure

Oil on canvas
60 x 73 cm (23 ⁵/₈ x 28 ³/₄ inches)
Paulémile Pissarro

Les Baigneuses

Oil on canvas
89 x 116 cm (35 x 45 ⁵/₈ inches)
Paulémile Pissarro

L'Orne à la Chaize

Oil on canvas
60 x 73 cm (23 ⁵/₈ x 28 ³/₄ inches)
Paulémile Pissarro

Paysage d'Hiver

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

Anciennes Tanneries à Domfront

Oil on canvas
60.5 x 76.5 cm (23 ⁷/₈ x 30 ¹/₈ inches)
Paulémile Pissarro

Les deux arbres au bord de la rivière dans la forêt de Lyons

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

La Corderie et le Pain de Sucre

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

La Rivière

Oil on canvas
92 x 73 cm (36.22 x 28.74 inches)
Paulémile Pissarro

Les Iles à Cantepie

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

Les Bords de l’Orne au Soleil Couchant

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

L'Arbre au Bord de l'Eau

Oil on canvas
46 x 55 cm (18 ¹/₈ x 21 ⁵/₈ inches)
Paulémile Pissarro

Bord de Riviere Soleil Couchant

Oil on canvas
46 x 55 cm (18 ¹/₈ x 21 ⁵/₈ inches)
Paulémile Pissarro

Bord de l'Orne

Oil on canvas
46 x 61 cm (18 ¹/₈ x 24 inches)
Paulémile Pissarro

Les arbres

Oil on canvas
60 x 72 cm (23 ⁵/₈ x 28 ³/₈ inches)
Paulémile Pissarro

Rivière et Saules

Oil on canvas
46.1 x 55.2 cm (18 ¹/₈ x 21 ³/₄ inches)
Paulémile Pissarro

Arbre en bordure d'eau

Watercolour and graphite on paper
21 x 26.7 cm (8 ¹/₄ x 10 ¹/₂ inches)
Paulémile Pissarro

L'Ile des Oiseaux

Watercolour and charcoal on paper
23 x 31 cm (9.06 x 12 ¹/₄ inches)
Paulémile Pissarro

Le lac en automne

Pastel and charcoal on paper
25 x 32.8 cm (9 ⁷/₈ x 12 ⁷/₈ inches)
Paulémile Pissarro

Un Chemin dans la Forêt

Pastel and charcoal on paper
24 x 31 cm (9 ¹/₂ x 12 ¹/₄ inches)
Paulémile Pissarro

Port de Honfleur

Watercolour and crayon on paper
31.5 x 47.7 cm (12 ³/₈ x 18 ³/₄ inches)
Paulémile Pissarro

Scène de rivière, près de Lyons-la-Forêt

Watercolour and crayon on paper
31.5 x 48.3 cm (12 ³/₈ x 19 inches)
Paulémile Pissarro

Les Nénuphars à Sorel

Watercolour and crayon on paper
32.5 x 50.3 cm (12 ³/₄ x 19 ³/₄ inches)
Paulémile Pissarro

River Eure, Lyons la Forêt

Watercolour and crayon on paper
31.5 x 48.5 cm (12 ³/₈ x 19 ¹/₈ inches)
Paulémile Pissarro

Le marché aux bestiaux

Watercolour and ink on paper
23.7 x 31.2 cm (9 ³/₈ x 12 ¹/₄ inches)
Paulémile Pissarro

Le corps de ferme

Watercolour, ink and charcoal on paper
29.7 x 46.8 cm (11 ³/₄ x 18 ³/₈ inches)
Paulémile Pissarro

Meules de foin

Graphite and coloured crayon on paper
19.5 x 25 cm (7 ⁵/₈ x 9 ⁷/₈ inches)
Paulémile Pissarro

Thury-Harcourt

Pastel and charcoal on paper
31 x 22.5 cm (12 ¹/₄ x 8 ⁷/₈ inches)
Paulémile Pissarro

Village in Normandy

Watercolour, ink and charcoal on paper
40 x 31.2 cm (15 ³/₄ x 12 ¹/₄ inches)
Paulémile Pissarro

Village au bord de l'Eau

Graphite on paper
32 x 23.5 cm (12 ⁵/₈ x 9 ¹/₄ inches)
Paulémile Pissarro

Nature morte avec bouteilles et poireau

Black pencil on paper
26 x 19 cm (10 ¹/₄ x 7 ¹/₂ inches)
Paulémile Pissarro

Cantepie, Normandy

Pencil on paper
21 x 27 cm (8 ¹/₄ x 10 ⁵/₈ inches)
Paulémile Pissarro

L'Arbre

Graphite on paper
32 x 23.5 cm (12 ⁵/₈ x 9 ¹/₄ inches)
Paulémile Pissarro

Études sur Titu

Watercolour and pencil on paper
33.5 x 23.6 cm (13 ¹/₄ x 9 ¹/₄ inches)
Paulémile Pissarro

Femme nue

Coloured pencil on paper
25 x 19 cm (9 ⁷/₈ x 7 ¹/₂ inches)
Paulémile Pissarro

Yvonne Posant

Graphite on paper
32 x 23.5 cm (12 ⁵/₈ x 9 ¹/₄ inches)
Paulémile Pissarro

Yvonne debout

Pencil on paper
30.5 x 26 cm (12 x 10 ¹/₄ inches)
Paulémile Pissarro

Yvonne Assise

Graphite on paper
32 x 23.5 cm (12 ⁵/₈ x 9 ¹/₄ inches)
Paulémile Pissarro

Etude d'Yvonne marchant

Graphite on paper
27 x 20.2 cm (10 ⁵/₈ x 8 inches)
Paulémile Pissarro

Yvonne tenant une raquette de tennis

Graphite on paper
20.2 x 27 cm (8 x 10 ⁵/₈ inches)
Paulémile Pissarro

Etude d'un Rameur

Graphite on paper
27 x 20.2 cm (10.63 x 8 inches)
Paulémile Pissarro

Yvonne Jouant au Tennis

Graphite on paper
20.2 x 27 cm (8 x 10 ⁵/₈ inches)
Paulémile Pissarro

Hommes Pagayant

Graphite and charcoal on paper
27 x 20.3 cm (10 ⁵/₈ x 8 inches)
Paulémile Pissarro

Moulin sur l’Epte

Wood engraving
10 x 15 cm (4 x 5 ⁷/₈ inches)
Paulémile Pissarro

Camille Pissarro – d’après le plâtre de Polin

Etching
20.4 x 16.5 cm (8 x 6 ¹/₂ inches)
Paulémile Pissarro

Jardin de la Villa à Brantôme

Etching
20.5 x 28.5 cm (8.07 x 11.22 inches)
Paulémile Pissarro

L’Arc de Triomphe

Etching
19.2 x 24.8 cm (7 ¹/₂ x 9 ³/₄ inches)
Paulémile Pissarro

Le Village de Landel

Etching
17.2 x 23.7 cm (6.77 x 9.33 inches)

Paulémile Pissarro

biography

Paulémile Pissarro, Camille Pissarro’s youngest son, was born in Éragny in 1884 where he was brought up within the creatively fertile environment of his family home and, encouraged by his father, began drawing at an early age. Paulémile’s godfather was Claude Monet, who became his teacher and legal guardian after Camille’s death in 1903.

In 1905 Paulémile exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants for the first time. Although his father had supported Paulémile’s desire to be an artist, his mother was eager for him to learn a more practical trade. Therefore in 1908 he put aside his artistic pursuits to work as an automobile mechanic and test-driver, then later as a lace and textile designer, allowing him only a limited time to paint. Paulémile only fully dedicated himself to painting following a letter from his brother Lucien in London, who wrote to invite him to take part in an exhibition held in London. Subsequent to the successful sale of a number of watercolours he had sent over, the young artist became inspired to leave the textile factory and pursue a career in art.

By the 1920s Paulémile had become an established Post-Impressionist artist in his own right, spending the summer months escaping from Paris on painting trips with fellow artists Kees Van Dongen, Raoul Dufy, Maurice de Vlaminck and André Dunoyer de Segonzac. In 1922 Paulémile purchased a house in Lyons-la-Forêt, a small village within the region of his hometown of Éragny and Giverny, where he moved in with his first wife Berthe Bennaiche. During this time, he developed a form of Cubism inspired by Paul Cézanne whom he dearly admired, creating some wonderful paintings of the river Eure and its surrounding villages. There he formed a close friendship with his neighbour, the famous Art Deco designer Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, who designed a stunning Art Deco studio for Paulémile adjacent to his house.

In 1930 he visited and fell in love with the Swiss Normandy area in the Calvados region, in particular the River Orne which runs through the valley adjacent to the villages of Clécy and St. Remy. The combination of rolling hills, bold meadows and the calm river weaving its way through the landscape offered Paulémile a new burst of inspiration. With his second wife Yvonne Beaupel, Paulémile eventually moved to Clécy in 1935, where he would remain for the rest of his life. Of their three children, both H. Claude and Yvon also became artists.

With his house backing on to the river Orne, Paulémile developed a new way of working using a boat as a floating studio, where he spent countless days painting the calm waters from between the riverbanks. Here the influence of his godfather Claude Monet became apparent, particularly in Paulémile’s depiction of water, which was revolutionised by the Impressionist icon. He also applied Monet’s lessons in horticulture to the creation of an abundant garden, offering him many more motifs for his new paintings. Alongside these river landscapes, he also painted the neighbouring hayfields, various snow scenes, some interiors and still lives. The most ambitious work in his oeuvre was a fresco painted on all four walls of his own dining room, depicting the adjacent river in which he includes family members, neighbours and friends.

In 1967 Paulémile had his first one-man show in the United States at Wally Findlay Galleries in New York. This led to widespread recognition and a degree of professional success that few Pissarro artists knew during their lifetime. Since his death in 1972, Paulémile remains one of the best known of Camille’s sons.

Paulémile Pissarro

biography

artist