Impressionism in the Caribbean: Camille Pissarro and Francisco Oller

Name: Impressionism in the Caribbean: Camille Pissarro and Francisco Oller
Start: 2025-11-18T18:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-11-18T19:00:00-07:00
Location: 100 W 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, CO, United States, Colorado 80204

Schedule

Tue Nov 18 2025 at 06:00 pm to 07:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

100 W 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, CO, United States, Colorado 80204 | Denver, CO

Although the term “Impressionism” often evokes images of lively Parisian cafés and grand boulevards, Impressionist colleagues Camille Pissarro (b. St. Thomas, 1830) and Francisco Oller (b. Puerto Rico, 1833) possessed strong familial, professional, and personal connections to the Caribbean. Pissarro, an immigrant to France who never relinquished his foreign citizenship and Oller, a peripatetic, transatlantic traveler, were both born in the Caribbean on islands that today constitute territories of the present-day United States.
This lecture explores the impact of their Caribbean roots on their respective artistic trajectories examining how the aesthetics and ideology of French Impressionism were transmitted across the Atlantic as a result of their creative exchange.
Ticket required, discount for members, free for Museum Friends.
For those who can't attend in person, this event will also be livestreamed. Virtual tickets are available now: https://bit.ly/3KNUReE..
"Pissarro’s Impressionism" is the first major U.S. retrospective of Camille Pissarro, known as "the first impressionist," in over 40 years. The exhibition will present an overview of the artist’s illustrious career and examine his singular role within the Impressionist movement. The exhibition is on view at the DAM October 26, 2025 through February 8, 2026.
Learn more about this talk: https://www.denverartmuseum.org/en/calendar/impressionism-caribbean
Artwork: Camille Pissarro, "Two Women Chatting by the Sea, St. Thomas," 1856. Oil paint on canvas; 10 7/8 × 16 1/8 in. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1985.64.30. Image courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.