A beautiful Oil on Panel painting of the Andelys and Chateau Gaillard by Georges Manzana Pissarro.
Georges Henri Pissarro was born in Louveciennes on November 22, 1871, he was the third son of Camille Pissarro.
Alongside his father and the friends who frequented the family home (Monet, Cézanne, Renoir, Gauguin), he learned drawing techniques and the art of observing nature.
Like all second-generation Pissarro artists, Georges Henri ‘Manzana’ Pissarro initially worked under a pseudonym.
Born in 1871, Manzana was the third of Camille Pissarro’s seven children, adopting the name ‘Manzana’ in 1894 after the maiden name of his maternal grandmother.
It was not until around 1910, to honour his deceased father, that he employed his family name when signing his work.
Manzana studied with his father from an early age and spent his formative years surrounded by the distinguished artists associated with the Impressionist movement – Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne, and Paul Gauguin – who frequented the Pissarro home in Éragny.
At his father’s side he learnt not only to handle brush and pencil but also to observe nature and its changing qualities.
Subjected to rich and diverse influences, Manzana became a prolific and versatile artist, working with oil, pastel and watercolour as well as etchings, lithography and stencils.
As a young man he adopted his father’s purely Impressionist style and produced a series of landscapes around Éragny.
He exhibited Impressionist works at the Salon d’Automne and the Salon des Indépendants, as well as Durand Ruel and Druet galleries in Paris in the early 1900s.
When war broke out in 1939 Manzana moved with his family to Casablanca, where he remained until 1947. Manzana was married and widowed three times.
The last years of his life were spent in Menton with his son Félix who was also an accomplished artist. There Manzana returned to the Impressionist tradition of his early years, painting the serene landscapes that surrounded him.
This gorgeous view of a snowy landscape of the Andelys is
This snowy landscape of Les Andelys testifies to the artist’s Impressionist heritage and his affinity for the changing light of the seasons. This work perfectly reflects the continuity of his father’s artistic explorations.
A magnificent painting, signed lower left.
Oil on panel
15 inches x 18 inches unframed
22 inches x 25 inches framed