Baigneuses luttant (Bathers Wrestling)
Camille Pissarro
c. 1896
Medium
lithograph
Dimensions
plate: 18.5 x 23.7 cm (7 5/16 x 9 5/16 in.) sheet: 24.1 x 29.6 cm (9 1/2 x 11 5/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1972.68.2
About the Artist
Camille Pissarro · 1831–1903
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) stands as the patriarch of Impressionism, the only artist to exhibit in all eight Impressionist exhibitions and a mentor whose influence shaped the trajectory of modern art. Born Jacob Abraham Camille Pissarro on the Caribbean island of St. Thomas to a Jewish-Portuguese merchant family, he abandoned the family business to pursue painting, eventually settling in Paris i...