Ludovic Rodo Pissarro

Enfant tenant une pomme, a drawing of Ludovic by his father

Ludovic Rodo Pissarro (1878-1952), fourth son of Camille born in Paris. At an early age he was encouraged by his father to draw directly from the nature. In 1894, at the age of sixteen, Rodo published his first wood engravings in the journal, Le Pere Peinard. In 1914 Ludovic moved to London, because of the outbreak of war. He worked there as an artist with his older brother Lucien.