Camille Jacob PissarroFrench, 1830–1903The Mender
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Where is “The Mender” now? Collection: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.
Cleveland, United States
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About the work
Camille Pissarro used the French countryside and its inhabitants as the subject of his art throughout his career. He frequently depicted women sewing, often outdoors or seated beside a window, as seen in this drawing. He indicated the effects of natural light illuminating his subject with the notation "lumière" at the left margin of the drawing.
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- 1927.298
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- Image: The Cleveland Museum of Art — Museum open access
In the life of Camille Jacob Pissarro
The whole life1872–1884
Life in Pontoise
Back in France, Pissarro lived in Pontoise from 1872 to 1884, where he painted a great many pictures, keeping in touch with fellow artists, above all Monet, Renoir and Cézanne.
late 1870s
A plan for a journal of original prints
Pissarro, Degas and the American Mary Cassatt planned a journal of their original prints, but the project came to nothing when Degas withdrew.
1880s
A search for something new: peasant labour without idealisation
By the 1880s some Impressionists felt the movement had exhausted itself, and Pissarro returned to scenes of country life, showing people at work without idealising them; in 1882 Renoir called these works “revolutionary”.
1880s
Theo van Gogh asks him to take in Vincent
The art dealer Theo van Gogh asked Pissarro whether he would take his elder brother Vincent as a lodger in his house; according to his son Lucien, Pissarro was impressed by Van Gogh's work, foresaw his fame and explained to him different ways of seeking and expressing light and colour.
27 August 1881
Daughter born: Jeanne Bonin-Pissarro
