Lélia Pissarro (Kunst)

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Lélia Pissarro (b 1963) has painted since the age of 4, having been educated by her grandfather Paulémile and her father H.Claude Pissarro

Following an 18 month break from painting one simple image captured her imagination; a photograph taken in the 1950’s by her grand-father, Paulémile Pissarro, of two houses on a road under snow at Clécy in Suisse Normandy, France, where Lélia had spent the first eleven years of her life.

Lélia started to paint this scene over and over, exploring the almost endless possibilities of variation in colour and light. It was not her intention to paint a series, but this is what it became.

In contrast to the Impressionists who were mainly concerned with capturing one subject in changing atmospheres and lights, something that could only be achieved by painting outdoors, Lélia has created all the variations of the one subject in her studio and through her own imagination. For this reason she is adamant that there should be no unnecessary or pretentious comparison of the work in this exhibition with the many series painted by Monet or her great-grandfather, Camille Pissarro. Those were not her inspiration, but the house and what it stands for were……..
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