{"product_id":"2940159598936","title":"Camille Pissarro: The Audacity of Impressionism","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed biographer and author of \u003ci\u003eBalzac's Omelette\u003c\/i\u003e, an engaging new work on the life of \"the father of Impressionism\" and the role his Jewish background played in his artistic creativity.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe celebrated painter Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) occupied a central place in the artistic scene of his time: a founding member of the new school of French painting, he was a close friend of Monet, a longtime associate in Degas's and Mary Cassatt's experimental work, a support to Cézanne and Gauguin, and a comfort to Van Gogh, and was backed by the great Parisian art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel throughout his career. Nevertheless, he felt a persistent sense of being set apart, different, and hard to classify. Settled in France from the age of twenty-five but born in the Caribbean, he was not French and what is more he was Jewish. Although a resolute atheist who never interjected political or religious messages in his art, he was fully aware of the consequences of his lineage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on Pissarro's considerable body of work and a vast collection of letters that show his unrestrained thoughts, Anka Muhlstein offers a nuanced, intimate portrait of the artist whose independent spirit fostered an environment of freedom and autonomy.","brand":"Tantor Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46364461727985,"sku":"2940159598936","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/2940159598936_p0.jpg?v=1764914209","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940159598936","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}