Lelia Pissarro - Artist Info

About Lelia Pissarro

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    Lélia Pissarro (1963-)

    The daughter of H. Claude and granddaughter of Paulémile Pissarro, she began painting at age four.

    From infancy until the age of eleven she was entrusted to the care of her grand-parents, Paulémile Pissarro and his wife Yvonne, in Clécy, Suisse Normandy, where her interest in drawing and painting was nurtured by her grandfather who taught her the fundamental impressionist and post-impressionist techniques. When she returned to her parents in Paris at the age of 11, the role of teacher was taken over by her father and she subsequently studied at l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts.

    Lélia moved to London in 1988 and her work has regularly been exhibited in galleries around the world, and following the tra...

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