Félix Pissarro
| Félix Pissarro | |
|---|---|
 Félix at the age of seven, as portraited in 1881 by his father Camille Pissarro. | |
| Born |
24 July 1874 Pontoise |
| Died |
25 November 1897 (aged 23) London |
Cause of death | Tuberculosis |
Resting place | 51°27′21″N 0°17′16″W / 51.4558°N 0.2877°W |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Painter |
Félix Pissarro (24 July 1874 – 29 November 1897), born in Pontoise, Paris, in the year of the first Impressionist exhibition, was a nineteenth-century French painter, etcher and caricaturist. Under the adopted pseudonym of Jean Roch,[1] also known as Titi in his family circle, he was the third son of the painter Camille and Julie Pissarro.[2]
Félix's works very early demonstrated great strength and originality. His father regarded him as the most promising of his sons[3] but before he was able to realise his full potential, he contracted tuberculosis and died in a sanatorium at 262 Kew Road, Kew (which is now in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames), at the age of 23.[3] He is buried at the cemetery at Lower Grove Road, Richmond.[3]
References
- ↑ Roth, Cecil (1961). Jewish art: an illustrated history. McGraw-Hill. p. 581.OCLC 832856
- ↑ Jones, Jonathon (26 January 2002). "Portrait of Félix Pissarro, Pablo Picasso (1881)". The Guardian (92). p. 4. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Reed, Nicholas (1997). Pissarro in West London (Kew, Chiswick and Richmond) (Fourth ed.). Lilburne Press. p. 46. ISBN 1 901167 02 X.
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