“A Little Like the Good Lord”: Impressionist Camille Pissarro with Michael Norris on Zoom or simulcast in person

Born to a French Jewish family on the Danish Caribbean island of St. Thomas, Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) never became a French citizen, though he enthusiastically captured 19th-century France in art, especially its countryside and the peasants who toiled in it.  This talk will explore how Camille constantly experimented in style, subject matter, and media as he produced 2,000 oil paintings and thousands of drawings, watercolors, and prints. A beloved teacher and comrade, Camille traded influences with his fellow-artists, such as Paul Gauguin and Paul Cézanne, and watched four of his seven children become artists themselves. 

Michael Norris got his BA in classics from the University of California at San Diego and his MA in classics and Ph.D. in art history at the University of California at Santa Barbara. He spent twenty years at the Cloisters Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and has lectured all over the world.

This presenter will NOT be at the library in person.

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