EXHIBITIONS

forthcoming

Impressionist Works on Paper

Monday, 24 November 2025 - Tuesday, 23 December 2025

Stern Pissarro Gallery is pleased to present Impressionist Works on Paper, an exhibition bringing together Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masters, whose innovations paved the way for modern art. Following the success of Celebrating 150 Years of Impressionism in 2024, the gallery once again turns its focus to this radical circle - this time through the intimate and experimental medium of paper. From the late nineteenth century onwards, works on paper began to be regarded not merely as preparatory studies but as independent artworks, sharing the same artistic ambitions as painting. This exhibition highlights that transition, featuring works by Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Eugène Boudin, Camille Pissarro, Édouard Vuillard, Pierre Bonnard, Paul Signac, Paul Gauguin, and others.

The group later known as the Impressionists first exhibited together in Paris in 1874. Organised by Camille Pissarro, Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Alfred Sisley, the exhibition brought together artists who rejected the conventions of the Salon and sought to depict contemporary life and landscape with immediacy and direct observation. Though the show was initially met with scepticism and ridicule, the looseness of touch, clarity of light and emphasis on momentary effects soon became recognised as a turning point in the development of modern art.

Works on paper played a crucial role in this shift. Their portability allowed artists to work en plein air with greater spontaneity, and dealers quickly recognised the accessibility and commercial potential of exhibiting such works. By the time the final Impressionist exhibition was held in 1886, works on paper had assumed a significant position within the group’s practice.

Key works in the exhibition include a study of two jockeys by Edgar Degas, a large pastel portrait by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, a comprehensive selection of works by Camille Pissarro, and a group of works by Eugène Boudin. Together, these examples reflect the intimacy of works on paper, the range of approaches adopted by the Impressionists and the growing importance of the medium within their practice.

past

CANOPY at 14 Cavendish, London

Friday, 10 October 2025 - Sunday, 12 October 2025

Carlos Nadal: Joie de Vivre

Thursday, 19 June 2025 - Saturday, 26 July 2025

School of Paris: Community and the avant-garde

Thursday, 06 March 2025 - Wednesday, 02 April 2025

A Century of Modern and Contemporary British Art

Tuesday, 08 October 2024 - Friday, 08 November 2024

Jean-Pierre Cassigneul: Moments of Splendour

Tuesday, 02 July 2024 - Saturday, 31 August 2024

Celebrating 150 years of Impressionism

Thursday, 30 May 2024 - Saturday, 29 June 2024

Lélia Pissarro: Traces of Giverny

Thursday, 12 October 2023 - Saturday, 28 October 2023

ART on PAPER: 1920 to 2020

Friday, 02 June 2023 - Saturday, 01 July 2023

In the Mood for Red

Thursday, 23 March 2023 - Saturday, 08 April 2023

Exploring Colour in the Gallery Collection

Monday, 05 September 2022 - Saturday, 29 October 2022

East meets West

Thursday, 12 May 2022 - Saturday, 28 May 2022

Marc Chagall: Works on paper

Thursday, 24 February 2022 - Saturday, 09 April 2022

Camille Pissarro: Works from the Gallery Collection

Wednesday, 17 November 2021 - Saturday, 04 December 2021

THINK BLUE

Monday, 12 July 2021 - Tuesday, 31 August 2021

LÉLIA PISSARRO: A JOURNEY INTO ABSTRACTION

Friday, 04 June 2021 - Saturday, 12 June 2021

THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS

Thursday, 06 May 2021 - Wednesday, 02 June 2021

THE PISSARROS IN ENGLAND

Tuesday, 30 March 2021 - Thursday, 29 April 2021

PAUL JENKINS | ABSTRACT PHENOMENIST

Wednesday, 20 January 2021 - Friday, 19 February 2021

H. CLAUDE PISSARRO: 20 YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

Monday, 01 June 2020 - Friday, 05 June 2020

THE OROVIDA CAMILLE PISSARRO COLELCTION

Wednesday, 01 April 2020 - Monday, 06 April 2020

Christo and Jeanne-Claude: A Life of Projects

Wednesday, 20 June 2018 - Saturday, 21 July 2018

The Art of Politics: Works by the Rt Hon Lord (Michael) Spicer

Thursday, 24 November 2016 - Saturday, 03 December 2016

Marc Chagall - Master of Colours

Thursday, 16 June 2016 - Saturday, 16 July 2016

Impressions of Flowers and Garden

Monday, 04 April 2016 - Saturday, 30 April 2016

Christmas Intimacy

Thursday, 10 December 2015 - Wednesday, 06 January 2016

Pissarro to Hirst: Works on Paper

Thursday, 18 June 2015 - Wednesday, 08 July 2015

Georges Manzana Pissarro: Arabian Nights

Monday, 08 December 2014 - Wednesday, 07 January 2015

Contemporary October

Wednesday, 08 October 2014 - Wednesday, 29 October 2014

Summer Display

Sunday, 01 June 2014 - Thursday, 31 July 2014

Impressionist & Modern Masters

Sunday, 01 June 2014 - Thursday, 31 July 2014

Chagall and the School of Paris

Thursday, 20 June 2013 - Saturday, 13 July 2013

Zhang Dali - AK-47

Friday, 05 October 2012 - Thursday, 25 October 2012

Sunil Pawar - A Show of Force

Thursday, 13 October 2011 - Wednesday, 02 November 2011

Impressionist & Modern Works on Paper

Friday, 01 July 2011 - Wednesday, 20 July 2011

Impressionist and Modern Art

Friday, 04 February 2011 - Thursday, 24 February 2011

The Colours of Silence

Wednesday, 01 December 2010 - Friday, 31 December 2010

Camille Pissarro & his Sons: Works on Paper

Monday, 21 June 2010 - Friday, 09 July 2010

Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro: In London

Monday, 01 December 2008 - Saturday, 31 January 2009

Lélia Pissarro: Four Seasons of the Mind

Tuesday, 07 December 2004 - Saturday, 08 January 2005

Camille Pissarro: St Thomas to Paris

Tuesday, 11 November 2003 - Saturday, 06 December 2003

Camille Pissarro & his Descendants: A Tradition of Printmaking

Wednesday, 01 October 2003 - Saturday, 25 October 2003

H.Claude Pissarro: Post-Impressionist Work

Tuesday, 26 November 2002 - Saturday, 14 December 2002

Yvon (Vey) Pissarro: Drawings

Tuesday, 05 November 2002 - Saturday, 23 November 2002

Georges Manzana Pissarro

Tuesday, 06 November 2001 - Monday, 26 November 2001

Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié

Tuesday, 05 June 2001 - Saturday, 23 June 2001

Camille Pissarro & his Descendants

Saturday, 29 January 2000 - Sunday, 30 April 2000

Pierre Bonnard & Marthe

Thursday, 26 March 1998 - Saturday, 02 May 1998

Camille Pissarro & The Pissarro Family

Thursday, 05 March 1998 - Tuesday, 07 April 1998

Paulémile Pissarro: Retrospective

Monday, 24 November 1997 - Saturday, 20 December 1997

Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro: Retrospective

Monday, 11 November 1996 - Saturday, 07 December 1996

Four Generations of the Pissarro Family

Wednesday, 23 June 1993 - Saturday, 31 July 1993