{"product_id":"camille-pissarro-the-audacity-of-impressionism-hardcover","title":"Camille Pissarro: The Audacity of Impressionism - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnka Muhlstein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAdriana Hunter\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Best Book of 2023 by \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnka Muhlstein \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of biographies of Queen Victoria, James de Rothschild, and Cavelier de La Salle; studies on Catherine de Médicis, Marie de Médicis, and Anne of Austria; a double biography, \u003ci\u003eElizabeth I and Mary Stuart; Balzac's Omelette\u003c\/i\u003e (Other Press, 2011), \u003ci\u003eMonsieur Proust's Library\u003c\/i\u003e (Other Press, 2015), and \u003ci\u003eThe Pen and the Brush\u003c\/i\u003e (Other Press, 2017). She won the Goncourt Prize for her biography of Astolphe de Custine, and has received two prizes from the Académie française. She and her husband, Louis Begley, are the authors of \u003ci\u003eVenice for Lovers. \u003c\/i\u003eThey live in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdriana Hunter \u003c\/b\u003estudied French and Drama at the University of London. She has translated more than ninety books, including Marc Petitjean's \u003ci\u003eThe Heart: Frida Kahlo in Paris\u003c\/i\u003e and Hervé Le Tellier's \u003ci\u003eThe Anomaly \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eEléctrico W\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the French-American Foundation's 2013 Translation Prize in Fiction. She lives in Kent, England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.4 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 28, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47374947745970,"sku":"9781635421705","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/cfc26133a504d674ba81c9794ed57bbf.webp?v=1777681485","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/camille-pissarro-the-audacity-of-impressionism-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}