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SelfPortrait
Presented by Lucien Pissarro, the artist's son 1931
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Paris, Place Dauphine, Pont Neuf
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Pissarro, Camille
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<p>This is the artist's last self-portrait, executed in his Paris apartment in the Place Dauphine, overlooking the Pont Neuf. It is painted with the dabbing brushstroke that was typical of the work of this Impressionist artist. Pissarro was a modest and self-critical man, but had strongly held artistic and political beliefs which influenced many younger artists. Something of his air of personal authority can perhaps be sensed in this portrait. Towards the end of his life Pissarro began to enjoy financial security, and, indeed, received official recognition in 1903, the year in which he executed this painting, when two of his works were bought by the Louvre.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
1 April 2001 – 31 May 2001
2001-05-31
1 April 2001 – 31 May 2001
2001-05-31
2001-04-01
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon (Lyon, France)
2001-04-01
Pissarro's Series
Loan-out
18 November 2001 – 17 March 2002
2002-03-17
18 November 2001 – 17 March 2002
2002-03-17
2001-11-18
Jewish Museum (New York, USA)
2001-11-18
Confronting Modernity: European Jewish Artists in the Age of Emancipation (1833-1914)
Loan-out
14 May 2003 – 3 August 2003
2003-08-03
14 May 2003 – 3 August 2003
2003-08-03
2003-05-14
National Gallery (London, UK)
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk
2003-05-14
Camille Pissarro in London
Loan-out
13 October 2004 – 2 January 2005
2005-01-02
13 October 2004 – 2 January 2005
2005-01-02
2004-10-13
Ashmolean Museum (Oxford, UK)
http://www.ashmol.ox.ac.uk/
2004-10-13
The Pissarro Family at Home
Loan-out
19 November 2005 – 28 May 2006
2006-05-28
19 November 2005 – 19 February 2006
2006-02-19
2005-11-19
Art Gallery of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia)
http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au
3 March 2006 – 28 May 2006
2006-05-28
2006-03-03
National Gallery of Victoria (Melbourne, Australia)
http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au
2005-11-19
Camille Pissarro Retrospective
Loan-out
5 June 2011 – 22 January 2012
2012-01-22
5 June 2011 – 2 October 2011
2011-10-02
2011-06-05
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute (Williamstown, USA)
http://www.clarkart.edu/
22 October 2011 – 22 January 2012
2012-01-22
2011-10-22
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, de Young Museum (San Francisco, USA)
http://www.famsf.org
2011-06-05
Pissarro's People
Loan-out
4 June 2013 – 26 January 2014
2014-01-26
4 June 2013 – 15 September 2013
2013-09-15
2013-06-04
Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza (Madrid, Spain)
15 October 2013 – 26 January 2014
2014-01-26
2013-10-15
CaixaForum Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain)
http://www3.lacaixa.es
2013-06-04
Camille Pissarro
Loan-out
12 October 2014 – 22 February 2015
2015-02-22
12 October 2014 – 22 February 2015
2015-02-22
2014-10-12
Von der Heydt Museum (Wuppertal, Germany)
2014-10-12
Camille Pissarro - Vater des Impressionismus
Loan-out
1 September 2021 – 12 June 2022
2022-06-12
4 September 2021 – 23 January 2022
2022-01-23
2021-09-04
Kunstmuseum Basel (Basel, Switzerland)
http://www.kunstmuseumbasel.ch
18 February 2022 – 12 June 2022
2022-06-12
2022-02-18
Ashmolean Museum (Oxford, UK)
http://www.ashmol.ox.ac.uk/
2021-09-01
Camille Pissarro. The Studio of Modernism
Loan-out
1 September 2025 – 25 April 2027
2027-04-25
1 September 2025 – 31 December 2025
2025-12-31
2025-09-01
CaixaForum Madrid (Madrid, Spain)
1 February 2026 – 31 May 2026
2026-05-31
2026-02-01
CaixaForum Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain)
http://www3.lacaixa.es
1 August 2026 – 30 November 2026
2026-11-30
2026-08-01
CaixaForum Zaragoza (Saragossa, Spain)
10 December 2026 – 25 April 2027
2027-04-25
2026-12-10
External
2025-09-01
Self Portraits
Loan-out
Self-Portrait
support: 410 × 333 mm
Presented by Lucien Pissarro, the artist's son 1931
<p>This is the artist's last self-<a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portrait</span></a>, executed  in his Paris apartment in the Place Dauphine,  overlooking the Pont Neuf. It is painted with the  dabbing brushstroke that was typical of the work  of this <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/i/impressionism" title="Glossary definition for 'Impressionism'"><span>Impressionist</span></a> artist. Pissarro was a  modest and self-critical man, but had strongly  held artistic and political beliefs which  influenced many younger artists. Something of his  air of personal authority can perhaps be sensed in  this portrait. Towards the end of his life  Pissarro began to enjoy financial security, and,  indeed, received official recognition in 1903, the  year in which he executed this <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>painting</span></a>, when two  of his works were bought by the Louvre.</p>
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<p><b>Camille Pissarro</b><span> 1830-1903 </span>
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<p><span><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/pissarro-self-portrait-n04592" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N04592</span></a> </span><b>Portrait de Camille Pissarro par Lui-M</b><b>ê</b><b>me</b><span>
(Self-Portrait) 1903 </span>
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<p><span>Inscribed 'C. Pissarro. 1903' b.l.</span>
<br/><span>Oil on canvas, 16 1/8 x 13 1/8 (41 x 33)</span>
<br/><span>Presented by Lucien Pissarro 1931</span>
<br/><i>Prov:</i><span>
Mme Pissarro, Eragny; Lucien Pissarro, London</span>
<br/><i>Exh:</i><span>
</span><i>L'Oeuvre de Camille Pissarro</i><span>, Durand-Ruel, Paris, April 1904 (130); </span><i>Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Camille Pissarro, 1830-1903</i><span>, Leicester Galleries, London, May 1920 (84); </span><i>Opening Exhibition of the Modern Foreign Gallery</i><span>, Tate Gallery, June-October 1926 (works not numbered); </span><i>Centenaire de la Naissance de Camille Pissarro</i><span>, Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, February-March 1930 (117); </span><i>Oil Paintings by Camille Pissarro (1830-1903)</i><span>, Tate Gallery, June-October 1931 (23); </span><i>Pissarro in England</i><span>, Marlborough Fine Art, London, June-July 1968 (32, repr.)</span>
<br/><i>Lit:</i><span>
Ludovic Rodo Pissarro and Lionello Venturi, </span><i>Camille Pissarro: son Art - son Oeuvre</i><span> (Paris 1939), No.1316, Vol.1, p.263, repr. Vol.2, pl.256 as 'Portrait de Camille Pissarro par lui-même'</span><br/><i>Repr:</i><span> </span><i>Drawing and Design</i><span>, N.S., No.2, June 1920, p.35; A. Tabarant, </span><i>Pissarro</i><span>
(Paris 1924), pl.1 </span>
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<p><span>The artist's last self-<a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portrait</span></a>. It was apparently painted at 28 Place Dauphine in Paris, overlooking the Pont Neuf, the houses in the background being those which stood on the site of the present 'Samaritaine'. They appear very clearly in other pictures, such as Pissarro - Venturi No.1210. John Rewald has pointed out that they are seen here in reverse, while the artist looked into a mirror. This picture must have been painted before [</span><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="/art/artworks/N05833" onclick="popTateObjects(event, -1, 'N05833');" title="View details of this artwork"><span>N05833</span></a><span>], as he moved out of his apartment in the Place Dauphine almost immediately after his return to Paris from Le Havre; furthermore the wintry light and the fact that he is wearing a hat and overcoat suggest that it was done at the beginning of the year. </span>
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<p><span>Orovida Pissarro told the compiler that this self-portrait was given to Lucien Pissarro by his mother, but had to be returned at the time of her death. The family then took turns to choose pictures and Lucien chose this one because it had previously belonged to him. </span>
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<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/><span>Ronald Alley, </span><i>Catalogue of the Tate Gallery's Collection of Modern Art other than Works by British Artists</i><span>, Tate Gallery and Sotheby Parke-Bernet, London 1981, p.614, reproduced p.614</span>
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Catalogue entry
2004-09-15T00:00:00
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adults architecture artist, painter arts and entertainment beard body cities, towns, villages (non-UK) clothing and personal items countries and continents features France hat man, old named individuals objects Paris, Place Dauphine, Pont Neuf people Pissarro, Camille places portraits self-portraits townscape townscapes / man-made features window work and occupations