PISSARRO CAMILLE: (1830-1903) French Impressionist painter. A.L.S., C. Pissarro, two ...

PISSARRO CAMILLE: (1830-1903) French Impressionist painter. A.L.S., C. Pissarro, two pages, small 8vo, Paris, 19th May 1884, to Claude Monet ('Mon cher Monet'), in French. Pissarro writes, in full, 'Rien de nouveau l'affaire de Durand a evidemment ete remise ou modifiee comme je vous le pressentais - Durand est plus tranquille et m'a assure que je pouvais partir, comme bien vous pensez je retourneai a Eragny avec bien peu de ressources affronter les creancieres; au moins je travaillerai un peu' (Translation: 'Nothing new, Durand's case has obviously been postponed or modified as I suspected - Durand is calmer and has assured me that I can leave, as you can imagine I will return to Eragny with very few resources to face the creditors; at least I will be able to work a little'). A letter with good associations. VG

Claude Monet (1840-1926) French Impressionist painter.

Paul Durand-Ruel (1831-1922) French art dealer associated with the Impressionists, and the first to support Pissarro, Monet and Renoir.