Félix Pissarro

Félix Pissarro
Félix at the age of seven, as portraited in 1881 by his father Camille Pissarro.
Born	24 July 1874 Pontoise, France
Died	25 November 1897 (aged 23) London
Cause of death	Tuberculosis
Resting place	Richmond Cemetery 51°27′21″N 0°17′16″W / 51.4558°N 0.2877°W
Nationality	French
Occupation	Painter

Félix Pissarro (24 July 1874 – 29 November 1897), born in Pontoise, Paris, in the year of the first Impressionist exhibition, was a nineteenth-century French painter, etcher and caricaturist. Under the adopted pseudonym of Jean Roch,^[1] also known as Titi in his family circle, he was the third son of the painter Camille and Julie Pissarro.^[2]

Félix's works very early demonstrated great strength and originality. His father regarded him as the most promising of his sons^[3] but before he was able to realise his full potential, he contracted tuberculosis and died in a sanatorium at 262 Kew Road, Kew (which is now in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames), at the age of 23.^[3] He is buried in Richmond Cemetery.^[3]

References

1. Roth, Cecil (1961). Jewish art: an illustrated history. McGraw-Hill. p. 581.OCLC 832856
2. Jones, Jonathon (26 January 2002). "Portrait of Félix Pissarro, Pablo Picasso (1881)". The Guardian (92). p. 4. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
3. Reed, Nicholas (1997). Pissarro in West London (Kew, Chiswick and Richmond) (Fourth ed.). Lilburne Press. p. 46. ISBN 1 901167 02 X.