Camille Pissarro
Orchard in Bloom, Louveciennes
From $100
An etching lives in its fine lines and warm paper, and a harsh copy blocks them up. Our Camille Pissarro self portrait print is made from the National Gallery of Art’s impression, kept true to it, so every scratched line, the soft plate tone and his pencil notes stay as he left them.
Canvas, framed or paper
Stretched canvas. Printed on cotton canvas and stretched taut over a frame. The edges are mirror-wrapped, so the picture continues around the sides and none of it is lost to the fold.
Framed canvas. The same canvas, set in a black, white, natural wood or dark wood frame 0.83 in deep. The frame gives the work a finished edge and a little more presence on the wall.
Framed print. Printed on fine art matte paper and framed in solid pine, behind shatterproof plexiglass, in black, white, natural wood or dark wood. It arrives ready to hang. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame.
Fine art print. Printed on 310gsm fine art matte paper, for framing your own way. It travels rolled and protected. From 18x24 inch.
Sizes
16x16 inch, 20x20 inch, 24x24 inch, 30x30 inch. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame, so the visible painting is a little smaller.
On your wall
Its square shape suits a study, a library, a hallway or a gallery wall of portraits. The warm greys and cream look lovely with walnut, ink blue and linen, and a black or natural wood frame suits it.
About the painting
Self-Portrait by Camille Pissarro
Éragny, about 1890
Camille Pissarro was about sixty, with seven children, living in the village of Éragny, near Gisors, northwest of Paris. He was the only painter to show in all eight Impressionist exhibitions, and the younger painters looked up to him. Cézanne said he was like a father.
Drawn on zinc
Pissarro made prints all his life. Here he scratched his own face into a small zinc plate, not much bigger than a hand: a soft cap, round glasses and a long white beard, the dark coat and background built up from crossing lines.
First state, number eleven
At the bottom he wrote in pencil 1er état n° 11, the first state of the plate, impression number eleven, and signed his name. This impression belongs to the National Gallery of Art in Washington.
Read the story
Camille Pissarro scratched this portrait of himself into a little zinc plate, not much bigger than his hand.
It's about 1890. Pissarro is sixty, the oldest of the Impressionists.
He was born on Saint Thomas, an island in the Caribbean, and came to Paris at twenty-five.
He has shown his paintings in all eight Impressionist exhibitions. No one else did that.
Now he lives in a village called Éragny, outside Paris, with his large family, and money is always short.
The younger painters come to him for advice. Cézanne will say of him, he was a father for me.
To make this print, he covers the plate in wax and draws through it with a needle. Then acid bites the lines into the metal.
He draws a soft cap, round glasses and a long white beard, and builds the dark coat out of crossing lines.
At the bottom, in pencil, he writes "first state, number eleven", and signs his name.
In the years that follow, an eye infection keeps him indoors except in warm weather. So he paints the cities from upstairs windows instead.
He keeps working almost to the end, and dies in Paris in 1903, aged seventy-three.
Look at his eyes behind those glasses. That's the father of the Impressionists, looking back at you.
Self-Portrait. Camille Pissarro, about 1890.
How each piece is brought to life
Faithful to the original, and made to be felt on your wall.
Graded against the original
We compare every work with the original as we grade it, keeping the artist’s colours true while bringing back their depth and glow. Every mark stays the artist’s own.
Printed for you
Printed to order on cotton canvas or fine art paper, then framed if you chose a frame, in 1 to 3 business days.
On your wall
It arrives 5 to 12 business days later, tracked and free anywhere in the US. Framed pieces come ready to hang.
Questions
Is this the original painting?
No. The original hangs in a museum. What you receive is a fine art reproduction, remastered from the original and printed for you, with every mark where the artist left it.
Will the colour look flat?
This is where most reproductions disappoint, and it is where we spend the most time. Each work is graded side by side with the original: faithful to the artist’s colours, with the depth and warmth brought back, so it moves you on the wall the way it was meant to. Canvas reads a touch softer than a backlit screen, and every screen shows colour a little differently.
Will the edges be cropped?
Each size is a standard frame size, so we fit the painting by trimming a little from its edges. We never stretch or squash it, and we check every size by eye so no face, figure or signature is cut. On canvas the edges are mirror-wrapped, which keeps the whole picture on the front.
Which size is right for my wall?
Aim for about two-thirds the width of the furniture beneath it. Over a sofa or a sideboard, one of the two largest sizes will hold the wall. The size guide lists every size in inches and centimetres, with the kind of wall each one suits.
How long does it take?
Your piece is printed in 1–3 business days, then spends 5–12 business days in transit, tracked all the way. Delivery is free anywhere in the US. We are unable to deliver to PO boxes.
What if it arrives damaged?
Send us a photograph and we will remake it and send it again. There is nothing to return.
Can I return it?
Yes, within 30 days of delivery. Our returns policy has the details.
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Printed to order
Graded against the original, then printed for you on cotton canvas or fine art paper in 1–3 business days.
The whole painting
Every mark is the artist’s own, and canvas edges are mirror-wrapped so the whole picture stays on the front.
Free US shipping
On every order, tracked, 5–12 business days in transit.
30-day returns
Returns and exchanges within 30 days of delivery.
