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1872–1884

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.

1878年11月21日

Son born: Ludovic Rodo Pissarro

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.

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”.

1881年8月27日

Daughter born: Jeanne Bonin-Pissarro