Portrait of Maximillian Luce in 1887

Description

The third child of Camille Pissarro, Georges and his brother Lucien studied under their father, surrounded by artists such as Maximillian Luce (1858–1941), a painter and printmaker associated with Neo-Impressionism. Georges was just 16 when he drew this.

Portrait of Maximillian Luce in 1887

Georges Manzana-Pissarro

1887

Accession Number

205655

Medium

Charcoal and fabricated charcoal, with touches of green pastel and traces of red pastel, stumped and erased, on cream laid paper

Dimensions

31.2 × 24.1 cm (12 5/16 × 9 1/2 in.)

Classification

charcoal

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Robert M. Chase Endowment Fund