Camille Pissarro encouraged in his struggles for Art by Gustave Geffroy.
« It's so rare to find intellectual friends who understand us and encourage us in our struggles for art!
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« It's so rare to find intellectual friends who understand us and encourage us in our struggles for art!
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Camille Pissarro (1830.1903)
Autographed letter signed to Gustave Geffroy.
One and a half pages in octavo. Autograph envelope.
Paris. January 10, 1888.
« It's so rare to find intellectual friends who understand us and encourage us in our struggles for art!
A very beautiful letter from Pissarro, acknowledging, on behalf of the Impressionists, the artistic benevolence of Gustave Geffroy.
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"Sir, I have just received your kind and friendly letter. Unfortunately, I am leaving today, but I sincerely hope to have the pleasure of meeting you upon my return. We are so fortunate, sir, it is so rare to find intellectual friends who understand us and encourage us in our struggles for art! I owed you this token of gratitude for a long time. Please accept, sir, my warmest regards. C. Pissarro."
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A friend of Claude Monet, a lover of the arts, and a patron of the Impressionists, Gustave Geffroy authored numerous works on the subject. His art chronicles were collected and published in 1887 and bear witness to his unwavering support for the work of Pissarro, Cézanne, Rodin, and Monet.