Pissarro · Five Generations · 1830 to the Present

A Provenance

The Pissarro family tree, five generations from Camille Pissarro to the present: the line of descent, recorded in the manner of a catalogue entry. Blue marks a painter; the ruled line carries the name.

I

Camille Pissarro

1830–1903 · Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas → Paris → Éragny

Painter. The only artist to exhibit in all eight Impressionist exhibitions, 1874 to 1886. Teacher of Cézanne and Gauguin.

m. Julie Vellay (1838–1926)
Their children
  • Lucien 1863–1944 · painter, printer, Eragny Press, London
  • Jeanne-Rachel, "Minette" 1865–1874
  • Georges Henri, "Manzana" 1871–1961 · painter, decorative artist
  • Félix, "Titi" 1874–1897 · painter
  • Ludovic-Rodo 1878–1952 · painter, co-author of the catalogue raisonné
  • Jeanne, "Cocotte" 1881–1948
  • Paul-Émile 1884–1972 · the youngest
By descent to
II

Paul-Émile Pissarro

1884–1972 · Éragny → Clécy, Normandy

Painter. Godson of Claude Monet, who took him under his wing after Camille's death.

m. Yvonne, at whose farmhouse in Clécy the next two generations learned to paint
Their children
  • Hugues-Claude b. 1935 · the eldest
  • Yvon m. Elizabeth
By descent to
III

Hugues-Claude Pissarro

b. 1935 · Neuilly-sur-Seine

Painter, signing at various times H. Claude Pissarro, Isaac Pomié, and Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié. Commissioned by the White House at 24 to paint President Eisenhower. École Normale Supérieure.

m. Katia, art dealer; later m. Corinne
Children with Katia
  • Joachim b. 1959 · the eldest
  • Lionel art dealer
  • Lélia b. 1963 · painter; raised by Paul-Émile at Clécy; m. David Stern, 1988; Stern Pissarro Gallery, London
Children with Corinne
  • Isaac
  • Rachel
Lélia's children · Stern Pissarro line
  • Kalia painter
  • Lyora b. 1991 · painter
  • Dotahn
By descent to
IV

Joachim Pissarro

b. 1959 · Paris → New York

Art historian. Curator of Painting and Sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art, where he organized Pioneering Modern Painting: Cézanne and Pissarro (2005). Professor, Hunter College.

with Annabel Daou, conceptual artist; later m. Nataliya
The household
  • Paul-Alexander b. 1990 · son, with Annabel Daou
  • George Chorny stepbrother, through Joachim's marriage to Nataliya · filmmaker, Tisch School of the Arts
By descent to
V

Paul-Alexander Pissarro

b. 1990 · London → Hamburg

Filmmaker and conceptual artist. Founder, Unsubscribe LLC and the Church of Conceptual Art. The first of the line to make the family name itself the medium.

The Maternal Line · Daou

Annabel Daou · mother · conceptual artist, New York

Peter Daou · uncle · political journalist

Vanessa Daou · aunt by marriage · musician

Eena Daou · aunt

Erica Jong · great-aunt · writer

Molly Jong-Fast · her daughter, first cousin once removed · writer and political commentator

Denotes a painter. Five of Camille's seven surviving children painted; the mark has not skipped a generation since 1830.
Compiled from family records, museum and gallery literature, and the catalogue raisonné tradition begun by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro. Continuously revised, as provenance always is.