CELEBRATING 150 YEARS OF IMPRESSIONISM
Stern Pissarro GalleryCELEBRATING 150 YEARS OF IMPRESSIONISM
The First Impressionist Exhibition in 1874 brought together thirty-one artists who sought liberation from rigid academic painting and was organised by Camille Pissarro, Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Alfred Sisley. This circle of artists, known for painting landscapes and contemporary life en plein air, emerged in reaction to routine rejection by the Salon de Paris and mockery at the Salon des Refusés. While the exhibition was criticised by the art establishment and the press, the now iconic term “Impressionist” was inadvertently coined in a satirical review by critic Louis Leroy. The public, initially sceptical, embraced Impressionism, and over time the movement flourished, marking the birth of modern art.
Over the past 150 years, numerous art movements have emerged, but the Impressionists were the first truly revolutionary group. They broke away from 500 years of slow-moving European art, accelerating the development of artistic styles. This rapid evolution led to the introduction of abstract art, unlocking limitless possibilities in the word of art.
This important anniversary is being marked with exhibitions at major institutions including the Royal Academy in London, the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington. ‘Celebrating 150 Years of Impressionism’ at Stern Pissarro will hold added resonance because it marks the 60th anniversary of our gallery, which was established in 1964 by my father, Meir Stern in Notting Hill Gate.
David Stern London, 2024
CLAUDE MONET (1840-1926)
The paintings by Claude Monet below will be in the exhibition but will not be illustrated in the catalogue.
CLAUDE MONET
Bord de mer à Sainte-Adresse
Oil on canvas
43.5 × 65.4 cm (17¹⁄₈ × 25³⁄₄ inches)
Signed lower right, Claude Monet Executed in 1868
CLAUDE MONET
Un moulin à Zaandam
Oil on canvas
50 × 75 cm (19¾ × 29½ inches)
Signed lower left, Claude Monet Executed in 1871
CLAUDE MONET
La Seine à Lavacourt
Oil on canvas
60.2 × 81.5 cm (23¾ × 32¹⁄₈ inches)
Signed lower right, Claude Monet Executed in 1879
CLAUDE MONET (1840-1926)
Prairie fleurie à Giverny
Oil on canvas
65 × 92 cm (25₅⁄₈ × 36¼ inches)
Signed and dated lower right, Claude Monet 91
CAMILLE PISSARRO (1830-1903)
Bords de l’Oise, Environs de Pontoise
Oil on canvas
33 × 41 cm (13 × 16¹⁄₈ inches)
Signed and dated lower right, C. Pissarro 1872
CAMILLE PISSARRO (1830-1903)
Chaumières à Auvers-sur-Oise
Oil on canvas
65 × 81 cm (25₅⁄₈ × 31₇⁄₈ inches)
Stamped lower right, C.P.
Executed circa 1873
CAMILLE PISSARRO (1830-1903)
Paysannes assises causant
Oil on canvas
60.4 × 73 cm (23¾ × 28¾ inches)
Signed and dated lower right, C. Pissarro 81
CAMILLE PISSARRO (1830-1903)
L’Anse des Pilotes, après-midi, temps ensoleillé, Le Havre
Oil on canvas
46 × 55 cm (18¹⁄₈ × 21₅⁄₈ inches)
Signed and dated lower left, C. Pissarro. 1903
CAMILLE PISSARRO (1830-1903)
La Place du Havre, Effet de Pluie
Oil on canvas
33 × 41 cm (13 × 16¹⁄₈ inches)
Signed lower right, C. Pissarro 97
GUSTAVE CAILLEBOTTE (1848-1893)
Trouville, la plage et les villas
Oil on canvas
65 × 81.5 cm (25₅⁄₈ × 32¹⁄₈ inches)
Stamped with the artist’s signature lower left, G. Caillebotte
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919)
Oil on canvas
45.7 × 55 cm (18 × 21₅⁄₈ inches)
Signed lower left, Renoir Executed in 1899
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919)
Oil on canvas
46 × 56 cm (18¹⁄₈ × 22 inches)
Signed lower left, Renoir
Executed circa 1905
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919)
Vue prise des Collettes, Cagnes
Oil on canvas
28 × 45.7 cm (11 × 18 inches)
Signed lower left, Renoir
Executed circa 1910-1911
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919)
Tête de Femme Blonde
Oil on canvas
26.1 × 19 cm (10¹⁄₄ × 7¹⁄₂ inches)
Signed upper right, Renoir Executed in 1908
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919)
Paysage, la maison vue de la ferme
Oil on canvas
39 × 50 cm (15³⁄₈ × 19³⁄₄ inches)
Stamped lower right, Renoir Executed in 1915
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919)
Oil on canvas
29.8 × 15.2 cm (11³⁄₄ × 6 inches)
Signed lower left, Renoir Executed in 1900
ALFRED SISLEY (1839-1899)
Bords du Loing
Oil on canvas
46.1 × 55.7 cm (18¹⁄₈ × 21₇⁄₈ inches)
Signed and dated lower left, Sisley 90
EUGÈNE BOUDIN (1824-1898)
Berck, groupe de pêcheuses assises sur la grève
Oil on paper laid down on panel 19 × 31.1 cm (7¹⁄₂ × 12¹⁄₄ inches)
Signed and dated lower left, 75. - E. Boudin and inscribed lower right, Berck
EUGÈNE BOUDIN (1824-1898)
Scène de plage
Oil on panel
11.5 × 24.8 cm (4¹⁄₂ × 9³⁄₄ inches)
Signed and dated lower left, E Boudin 75
EUGÈNE BOUDIN (1824-1898)
Oil on canvas
46 × 65.2 cm (18¹⁄₈ × 25₅ ⁄₈ inches)
Signed and dated and inscribed lower left, Dunkerque. E. Boudin. 89
ARMAND GUILLAUMIN (1841-1927)
La Seine à Paris
Oil on canvas
45.3 × 61 cm (17₇⁄₈ × 24 inches)
Signed lower right, A Guillaumin
Executed circa 1874
SCULPTURES
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Bronze
41.3 × 17.6 × 16.6 cm (16¹⁄₄ × 6 ₇⁄₈ × 6¹⁄₂ inches)
Stamped Degas, the foundry mark Cire Perdue A. A. Hébrard and numbered 20/F
Conceived circa 1885 and cast between 1919 and 1953 in an edition of 20
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Danseuse, arabesque ouverte sur la jambe droite, bras droit à terre
Bronze
27.5 × 42.2 × 20 cm (10 ₇⁄₈ × 16₅⁄₈ × 7 ₇⁄₈ inches)
Stamped Degas, the foundry mark Cire Perdue A. A. Hébrard and monogram of Albino Palazzolo AP
Conceived circa 1885-90 and cast between 1919 and 1973 as number 2 AP aside from the authorised edition of 20 numbered
PAUL GAUGUIN (1848-1903)
Triple Pot à Deux Anses
Painted terracotta
17.8 × 14 × 11 cm (7 × 5¹⁄₂ × 4³⁄₈ inches)
Signed on the left, P Go
Executed circa 1887
WORKS ON PAPER
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Chez la Modiste (Modiste Garnissant un Chapeau)
Pastel and charcoal on paper
46 × 58.8 cm (18¹⁄₈ × 23¹⁄₈ inches)
Stamped lower left, Degas
Executed circa 1885
BERTHE MORISOT (1841-1895)
Watercolour and pencil on paper
27.3 × 20.4 cm (10³⁄₄ × 8 inches)
Executed in 1894
PAUL CÉZANNE
(1839-1906)
L’Enfant au chapeau de paille (recto)
Bords du lac d’Annecy (verso)
Watercolour and pencil on paper; pencil on paper on the reverse 45.7 × 30.5 cm (18 × 12 inches)
Executed in 1896
PAUL CÉZANNE (1839-1906)
Femme à la mante
Watercolour and pencil on paper
47.7 × 31.5 cm (18³⁄₄ × 12³⁄₈ inches)
Executed circa 1890-95
PAUL CÉZANNE (1839-1906)
La Montagne Saint-Victoire
Watercolour and pencil on paper
32.5 × 49.9 cm (12³⁄₄ × 19₅⁄₈ inches)
Executed circa 1900
CAMILLE PISSARRO (1830-1903)
Regent’s Park, London
Watercolour on paper
16.5 × 24.5 cm (6¹⁄₂ × 9₅⁄₈ inches)
Inscribed, signed and dated lower left, C.Pissarro 1890
CAMILLE PISSARRO (1830-1903)
Femme et enfant près d’un puits
Pastel and charcoal on paper
43.5 × 31 cm (17¹⁄₈ × 12¹⁄₄ inches)
Signed lower left, C. Pissarro
Executed in 1882-85
CAMILLE PISSARRO (1830-1903)
Tête de vieux paysan
Tempera and pastel on paper
53 × 44 cm (20 ₇⁄₈ × 17³⁄₈ inches)
Stamped lower right, C.P.
Executed circa 1879
CAMILLE PISSARRO (1830-1903)
Les Peupliers à Eragny
Pastel on paper
72.1 × 59 cm (28³⁄₈ × 23¹⁄₄ inches)
Stamped with the initials lower right, C.P. Executed circa 1895
CAMILLE PISSARRO (1830-1903)
La Lavandière
Gouache and tempera on linen laid down on board
27.1 × 31.5 cm (10₅⁄₈ × 12³⁄₈ inches)
Signed lower left, C. Pissarro
Executed in 1899
CAMILLE PISSARRO (1830-1903)
The Sower
Ink on paper
23 × 16 cm (9 × 6₅⁄₈ inches)
Stamped lower right, C.P.
CAMILLE PISSARRO (1830-1903)
Auvers-sur-Oise
Ink and pencil on paper
30.7 × 46.7 cm (12¹⁄₈ × 18³⁄₈ inches)
Stamped with initials lower right, C.P. Executed in 1890
ARMAND GUILLAUMIN (1841-1927)
Bords de la Creuse, Crozant
Pastel on paper
50 × 61.5 cm (19³⁄₄ × 24¹⁄₄ inches)
Signed lower right, Guillaumin
Titled and dated Aout 1915 on the reverse
PAUL SIGNAC (1863-1935)
Watercolour and graphite on paper
27.8 × 43 cm (11 × 16 ₇⁄₈ inches)
Signed, titled and dated lower left, Concarneau 6 Juin 1929
PAUL SIGNAC (1863-1935)
Watercolour and graphite on paper
28.2 × 46.5 cm (11¹⁄₈ × 18¹⁄₄ inches)
Signed lower right, Signac Executed circa 1927
PAUL SIGNAC (1863-1935)
La Rochelle. Sortie du port
Watercolour on paper
29 × 41 cm (11³⁄₈ × 16¹⁄₈ inches)
Signed P. Signac and annoted La Rochelle lower right
Executed circa 1921
POST-IMPRESSIONIST
HENRI
MARTIN
(1860-1943)
L'Église de Labastide-du-Vert
Oil on canvas
117 × 95 cm (46 × 37³⁄₈ inches)
Signed lower left, Henri Martin
Executed circa 1915
CLAUDE-ÉMILE SCHUFFENECKER (1851-1934)
Vue de la Côte Normande
Oil on canvas
58 × 69 cm (22₇⁄₈ × 27¹⁄₈ inches)
Signed and dated lower right, E. Schuffenecker 90
HENRI LEBASQUE (1865-1937)
Femmes et Enfants dans un Jardin en Été
Oil on canvas
96.2 × 76.2 cm (37 ₇⁄₈ × 30 inches)
Signed lower right, Lebasque
Executed in 1912
GUSTAVE CARIOT (1872-1950)
Les toits de Paris, coucher de soleil
Oil on canvas
47 × 62.6 cm (18¹⁄₂ × 24₅⁄₈ inches)
Signed and dated lower right, G. Cariot 1899
HENRI MARTIN (1860-1943)
Venise, palais et gondoliers sur le Grand Canal
Oil on canvas
68.5 × 96 cm (27 × 37³⁄₄ inches)
Signed lower right, Henri Martin Executed circa 1909-10
GEORGES MANZANA PISSARRO (1871-1961)
Les Andelys sous la Neige
Oil on board
46 × 38 cm (18¹⁄₈ × 15 inches)
Signed lower right, Manzana
Executed circa 1895
GUSTAVE LOISEAU (1865-1935)
Paysage de neige
Oil on canvas
54.5 × 65.5 cm (21¹⁄₂ × 25³⁄₄ inches)
Signed and dated lower left, G. Loiseau 1911
LUCIEN PISSARRO (1863-1944)
La Sente de l’Eglise, Bazincourt
Oil on canvas
41.2 × 33 cm (16¹⁄₄ × 13 inches)
Monogrammed and dated lower right, LP 07
HENRI LE SIDANER (1862-1939)
Neige
Oil on canvas
150 × 125 cm (59 × 49¹⁄₄ inches)
Signed lower left, Le Sidaner
Executed in 1924