Pissarro: Creating the Impressionist Landscape is written by Katherine Rothkopf, Curator of European Painting and Sculpture at The Baltimore Museum of Art, with an essay by Christopher Lloyd, one of the world's leading authorities on Pissarro.

Pissarro: Creating the Impressionist Landscape explores Camille Pissarro's remarkable transformation from a Barbizonstyle painter to one of the leaders of the emerging Impressionist movement.This publication is the first to focus on the revolutionary landscape paintings he created between 1864 and 1874. During this pivotal decade in his career, Pissarro produced some of his most beautiful and innovative canvases, and his experimental techniques and vision laid the groundwork for an entire generation of painters. The catalogue brings together fortynine of these exquisite works, from key paintings included in the Salon exhibitions of the i86os to a powerful selection of landscapes seen in the first Impressionist show of I874. Many of these paintings are drawn from major museums around the world and rarely shown private collections.Essays on the development of Pissarro's painting style from 1864 to 1874,and on the influence of place in his work, acknowledge his formative years in St. Thomas and Venezuela as well as his fascination with the countryside surrounding Paris. Technical studies of several of the artist's paintings from the i86os reveal new insights into the artist's creative process.

Foreword

Lenders to the Exhibition

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Katherine Rothkopf

Map of France

Camille Pissarro and the Essence of Place

Christopher Lloyd

Camille Pissarro: From Barbizon Student to

Impressionist Innovator

Katherine Rothkopf

Catalogue

Gulru Cakmak

Katherine Rothkopf

Appendixes

Technical Notes

Mary Sebera

Chronology

Bibliography

Photographic Credits

Index