Het knollenveld
Camille Jacob Pissarro
1878 - 1880
Medium
soft-ground etching
Dimensions
249; 248; 327; 169
About this artwork
Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds
About the Artist
Camille Jacob 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...