Dieppe – The Artists – Pissarro, Camille – Travel Information and Tips for France

This page forms part of a series of pages dedicated to the many artists who worked in Dieppe. A full list of all the artists with a link to their works can be found at the bottom of this page.

Movement(s): Impressionism, Neo Impressionism, Post Impressionism

Camille Pissarro (1830 – 1903) was a Danish-French Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter. He was born on the island of St. Thomas (when it was still in hands of Denmark). He is recognised as being important and an influencer in the impressionist movement.

In 1859 his first painting was accepted and exhibited. His other paintings during that period were influenced by Camille Corot, who tutored him. He and Corot both shared a love of rural scenes painted from nature. It was by Corot that Pissarro was inspired to paint outdoors, also called “plein air” painting. Pissarro found Corot, along with the work of Gustave Courbet, to be “statements of pictorial truth,” writes Rewald. He discussed their work often. Jean-François Millet was another whose work he admired, especially his “sentimental renditions of rural life“.

As the recognised “Dean of Impressionists“, he became friends with the likes of Claude Monet, Paul Cezanne and several other who have become famous later on.

In 1903 Pissarro was seeing hard times and needed money. A businessman in Le Havre commissioned him to make 24 paintings of the harbour of Le Havre. Most of them were made out of his hotel room.

Pissarro had quite an active life as a painter, and was controversial. Click here to read Pissarro’s full bio on Wikipedia.

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1901 - Camille Pissarro - The church of Saint-Jacques Dieppe rainy weather — 1901 – Camille Pissarro – The church of Saint-Jacques Dieppe rainy weather

TODAY: The Saint-Jacques church still exists and is the centre point of Dieppe’s market activities.

1901 - Camille Pissarro - The church of Saint-Jacques in Dieppe morning sun — 1901 – Camille Pissarro – The church of Saint-Jacques in Dieppe morning sun

1901 - Camille Pissarro - The fair by the church of Saint Jacques, Dieppe — 1901 – Camille Pissarro – The fair by the church of Saint Jacques, Dieppe

1901 - Camille Pissarro - The fair, Dieppe, sunny afternoon — 1901 – Camille Pissarro – The fair, Dieppe, sunny afternoon

1901 - Camille Pissarro - The market surrounding the church of Saint-Jacques, Dieppe — 1901 – Camille Pissarro – The market surrounding the church of Saint-Jacques, Dieppe

TODAY: Still, after many centuries, every Saturday morning, there is a very big open-air market held around the Saint-Jacques church and many of its side streets.

1902 - Camille Pissarro - Afternoon Sun, the Inner Harbor, Dieppe — 1902 – Camille Pissarro – Afternoon Sun, the Inner Harbor, Dieppe

TODAY: The church (Notre-Dame de Bonsecours de Dieppe) you see on top of the cliff still exists today and can be visited.

1902 - Camille Pissarro - Afternoon, the Dunquesne Basin Dieppe, Low Tide — 1902 – Camille Pissarro – Afternoon, the Dunquesne Basin Dieppe, Low Tide

TODAY: We presume Pissarro meant “Duquesne”, full name “Abraham Duquesne”, a French admiral who was born in Dieppe. There is a statue of his at the City Hall and one of the main harbour basins was named after him. Click here to read more about this Marquis and his colorful past.

1902 - Camille Pissarro - Coast, Dieppe, the painter's resort — 1902 – Camille Pissarro – Coast, Dieppe, the painter’s resort

1902 - Camille Pissarro - Dieppe, Dunquesne Basin low tide sun morning — 1902 – Camille Pissarro – Dieppe, Dunquesne Basin low tide sun morning

1902 - Camille Pissarro - The fish market Dieppe — 1902 – Camille Pissarro – The fish market Dieppe

TODAY: Dieppe remains an important fishing port so the fish market is rather large.

1902 - Camille Pissarro - The fish market Dieppe, grey weather morning — 1902 – Camille Pissarro – The fish market Dieppe, grey weather morning

1902 - Camille Pissarro - The inner harbor Dieppe, afternoon sun low tide — 1902 – Camille Pissarro – The inner harbor Dieppe, afternoon sun low tide

1902 - Camille Pissarro - The inner harbor Dieppe, high tide morning grey weather — 1902 – Camille Pissarro – The inner harbor Dieppe, high tide morning grey weather

1902 - Camille Pissarro - The inner harbor Dieppe — 1902 – Camille Pissarro – The inner harbor Dieppe

1902 - Camille Pissarro - The outer harbor Dieppe, afternoon, bright weather — 1902 – Camille Pissarro – The outer harbor Dieppe, afternoon, bright weather

1902 - Camille Pissarro - The port of Dieppe, the Dunquesne and Berrigny Basins, high tide, sunny afternoon — 1902 – Camille Pissarro – The port of Dieppe, the Dunquesne and Berigny Basins, high tide, sunny afternoon

1903 - Camille Pissarro - Dieppe, Dunquesne basin, sunlight effect morning, low tide — 1903 – Camille Pissarro – Dieppe, Dunquesne basin, sunlight effect morning, low tide

???? - Camille Pissarro - Church of Saint Jacques de Dieppe — ???? – Camille Pissarro – Church of Saint Jacques de Dieppe

Varengeville-sur-Mer

The village of Varengeville-sur-Mer (population: 1,000) lies next to Pourville, a bit further East from Dieppe along the coast. It was a popular place for artists.

1895 - Camille Pissarro - Landscape in Varengeville — 1895 – Camille Pissarro – Landscape in Varengeville

1899 - Camille Pissarro - A field in Varengeville — 1899 – Camille Pissarro – A field in Varengeville

1899 - Camille Pissarro - Landscape at Varengeville — 1899 – Camille Pissarro – Landscape at Varengeville

1899 - Camille Pissarro - The field by the AngoIinn, Varengeville — 1899 – Camille Pissarro – The field by the AngoIinn, Varengeville

1899 - Camille Pissarro - The Orchard of the D'Ango Manor, Varengeville, Morning — 1899 – Camille Pissarro – The Orchard of the D’Ango Manor, Varengeville, Morning

1899 - Camille Pissarro - Varengeville sunset — 1899 – Camille Pissarro – Varengeville sunset

Pissarro painted mostly in Normandy and a few other places in France (plus some places abroad), which will be featured eventually on this site. A link “⇠” to those cities will appear below.

Bourgogne-Franche-Comte (Burgundy)
- Chatillon-sur-Seine
Grand Est
- Troyes
Normandy
- Bazincourt-sur-Epte
- Dieppe (and surroundings) ⇠
  - Varengeville-sur-Mer ⇠
- Fecamp (surrounding only) ⇠
  - Les Petites-Dalles ⇠
- Gisors (and surroundings)
  - Neaufles-Saint-Martin
- Hebecourt
- Le Havre (and surroundings) ⇠
  - Harfleur ⇠
- Le Treport
- Lisieux ⇠
- Pont de l’Arche
- Rouen
Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur
- Nice

Dieppe in Normandy was a popular place for artists to come and apply their art. Here is a list, non exhaustive, of the artists that painted in Dieppe.

A link (“⇠”) to the artist’s works will appear when published (a “*” indicates that the artist did not work directly in Dieppe, instead worked in nearby villages):

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