{"product_id":"camille-pissarro-the-audacity-of-impressionism-9781635421705","title":"Camille Pissarro: The Audacity of Impressionism","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed biographer and author of \u003ci\u003eBalzac's Omelette\u003c\/i\u003e, an engaging new work on the life of \"the father of Impressionism\" and the role his Jewish background played in his artistic creativity.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe celebrated painter Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) occupied a central place in the artistic scene of his time: a founding member of the new school of French painting, he was a close friend of Monet, a longtime associate in Degas's and Mary Cassatt's experimental work, a support to Cézanne and Gauguin, and a comfort to Van Gogh, and was backed by the great Parisian art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel throughout his career. Nevertheless, he felt a persistent sense of being set apart, different, and hard to classify. Settled in France from the age of twenty-five but born in the Caribbean, he was not French and what is more he was Jewish. Although a resolute atheist who never interjected political or religious messages in his art, he was fully aware of the consequences of his lineage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on Pissarro's considerable body of work and a vast collection of letters that show his unrestrained thoughts, Anka Muhlstein offers a nuanced, intimate portrait of the artist whose independent spirit fostered an environment of freedom and autonomy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Other Press (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/07\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781635421705\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs","brand":"Anka Muhlstein","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43124473757877,"sku":"9781635421705","price":25.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_6394dce0-a3a1-4e04-a772-daf7a091db4c.jpg?v=1694552794","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/camille-pissarro-the-audacity-of-impressionism-9781635421705","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}