Hugues Claude Pissarro, father of lelia Pissaro, is the grandson of the Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro and son of Paulemile Pissarro. Born in Neuilly-sur-Seine and enveloped in an artistic environment, he spent his childhood and
youth with art. Carrying on a family tradition established by Camille Pissarro, his father frequently took Hugues on painting excursions, accompanied by his numerous artist friends, and these proved formative for him.
Initially taught by his father, Hugues Pissarro first exhibited his work at the age of fourteen. He subsequently studied art in Paris at prestigious establishments such as Ecole du Musée du Louvre and, in particular, at Ecole Normale Supérieur, a unique French institution dedicated to the pursuit of achievement and excellence to which only the academic elite have access.
It was inevitable that this educational background would lead him to become a professor of art for much of his professional life and in 1965 he accepted an official invitation to teach art in Monaco. He was even commissioned by the White House in 1959 to paint President Eisenhower. Above is a signed limited edition serigraph the Westport River Gallery has by Claude Pissarro. Size of the image is 22x29. Click here for limited edition, signed and numbered serigraphs by his daughter, Lelia Pissarro. At right is Avenue of Street Vendors aquatint engraving on paper; size 14.5" x 19.5, edition of 75; Bottom left is an original oil painting, 20x24. For an interesting backgrounder on Pissarro, click here.