{"title":"Ann Saul","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"pissarros-places-paperback","title":"Pissarro's Places - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003ePISSARRO'S PLACES tells his story in a fresh and different way-exploring the places he painted and his \"sensations\" as he translated them into brushstrokes on his canvas. In his landscapes, you almost feel the sun and the wind in the trees. In his city paintings, you sense the hustle and bustle of traffic. This was his genius. Rather than settling for the familiar, Pissarro courageously put himself into new situations in pursuit of different and exciting motifs. With PISSARRO'S PLACES, you see those places through his eyes. All the paintings featured in the book are located in public museums and are accessible to the public. Ann Saul has traveled to all the places Pissarro painted (except Venezuela) during her 20 years of research. A professional writer, Ann was formerly a Guide at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, a Docent at Terra Foundation Museum of American Art (Chicago, no longer open), and a Volunteer at the Art Institute of Chicago. She writes a blog about Pissarro at artbookannex.com. PISSARRO'S PLACES includes:  Foreword by Joachim Pissarro, great grandson of Camille Pissarro  35 color reproductions of Pissarro's paintings  Pissarro family photographs  46 color photographs of Pissarro's sites today  29 historic French postcards\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50148634951903,"sku":"9780988568501","price":57.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/bjlKNjdPa3JUU2lLSDJEMklpYThCdz09.webp?v=1781737268"},{"product_id":"abstract-pissarro-planting-the-seeds-of-abstract-art-paperback","title":"Abstract Pissarro: Planting the Seeds of Abstract Art - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eABSTRACT PISSARRO shows why this well-loved Impressionist artist was much more than we imagined  Camille Pissarro's early paintings daring, radical, and uncompromising--defied the Paris Salon and subverted academic art--flaunting his rough brushstrokes, blatantly placing pure colors side-by-side with no transition tones, choosing unappealing motifs, using patches of color to create forms, pressing structures into flattened planes, and ignoring perspective when it pleased him. He was the first to intentionally draw attention to the materiality of painting--brushstrokes on canvas, rather than a recognizable picture. And he did it before Impressionism. The new research presented in Abstract Pissarro reveals Camille Pissarro's principal role in the birth of modern art. It explores his continual innovation and daring use of new ideas. The many comparisons of his paintings with those of other artists show how he influenced artists of his time and how he continues to inspire artists to this day. Indeed, Camille Pissarro was the first to plant the seeds of what we now call abstract art.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50148635148511,"sku":"9780988568518","price":43.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/U01hM0NRYURGNGZwMURQanBLY0lwZz09.webp?v=1781737269"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/ann-saul.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}