The Honest Eye

Camille Pissarro's Impressionism

Clarisse Fava-Piz, Christoph Heinrich, Michael Philipp , Ortrud Westheider

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Prestel
08 July 2025

Art & design styles: Impressionism & Post-Impressionism; Individual artists, art monographs; Exhibition catalogues & specific collections; History of architecture

This stunning exhibition catalog celebrates one of Impressionism's pivotal figures with a comprehensive look at his life and artistic evolution.

Born in the Caribbean, Camille Pissarro arrived in France an outsider but quickly became a central figure within the Impressionist collective, where he found like-minded people who valued progressive ideals and revolutionized the art world with their groundbreaking approach to capturing light and everyday life.

Filled with high-quality reproductions of landscapes, cityscapes, still lifes, and figure paintings, this volume traces Pissarro's artistic journey from detailed realism to vibrant Impressionism, his pioneering use of light and color, and his later exploration of post-impressionist techniques.

This volume also looks at the social implications of his art, exploring how his beautiful and heroic depictions of farmers and laborers were informed by his utopian ideals and how he envisioned art as a necessary vehicle for social commentary and reform.

AUTHORS: Clarisse Fava-Piz is Associate Curator in the department of European and American Art before 1900 at the Denver Art Museum.

Christoph Heinrich is the Frederick and Jan Mayer Director at the Denver Art Museum.

Michael Philipp is Chief Curator of the Museum Barberini in Potsdam, Germany.

Ortrud Westheider is Director of the Museum Barberini in Potsdam, Germany.

181 colour illustrations

Edited by: Clarisse Fava-Piz, Christoph Heinrich, Michael Philipp, Ortrud Westheider
Imprint: Prestel
Country of Publication: Germany
Dimensions: Height: 298mm, Width: 241mm,
Weight: 567g
ISBN: 9783791377896
ISBN 10: 3791377892
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 08 July 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

CLARISSE FAVA-PIZ is Associate Curator in the department of European and American Art before 1900 at the Denver Art Museum. CHRISTOPH HEINRICH is the Frederick and Jan Mayer Director at the Denver Art Museum. MICHAEL PHILIPP is Chief Curator of the Museum Barberini in Potsdam, Germany. ORTRUD WESTHEIDER is Director of the Museum Barberini in Potsdam, Germany.