Esther Pissarro Explained

Esther Pissarro
Birth Name:	Esther Levi Bensusan
Birth Date:	12 August 1870
Nationality:	British
Education:	Crystal Palace School of Art
Field:	Engraving, Printmaking, Design
Movement:	Arts and Crafts movement

Esther Bensusan Pissarro (12 November 1870  - 20 November 1951) was a British wood-engraver, designer, and printer.

Biography

Pissarro née Bensusan was born on 12 November 1870,^[1] the sister of Samuel L. Bensusan. Her parents were Jacob Samuel Levy Bensusan (1846–1917), an ostrich feather merchant, and his wife Miriam Levy Bensusan (1848–1926). She studied at the Crystal Palace School of Art.^[2] On 10 August 1892 she married fellow artist Lucien Pissarro (1863–1944) with whom she had one daughter, the artist Orovida Camille Pissarro (1893–1968).^[3] In 1894, inspired by William Morris's Kelmscott Press, Esther and Lucien Pissarro established the Eragny Press.^[2] The Eragny Press produced books illustrated with colour wood-engravings.^{[4] [5]} Esther assisted with creating the wood engravings from Lucien's designs. ^[6]

Pissarro died on 20 November 1951.^[1] Work by Esther and Lucien Pissarro are in the Tate^[7] and the Royal Academy of Arts.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Esther Pissarro Artist . Royal Academy of Arts . 17 August 2020.
2. Web site: Esther Pissarro . Collections Online British Museum . 17 August 2020.
3. Web site: Jenkins . David Fraser . Bonett . Helena . Lucien Pissarro 1863–1944 . The Camden Town Group in Context . Tate . 17 August 2020 . en . 1 May 2012.
4. Web site: Esther Pissarro . Bridwell Library . Southern Methodist University . 17 August 2020.
5. Genz, Marcella D.(2004). A History of the Eragny Press, 1894–1914. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press and London: British Library, 2004.
6. Web site: Pissarro, Esther . Benezit Dictionary of Artists . 17 August 2020 . en.
7. Web site: Gallery Esther Pissarro . Tate Images . 17 August 2020 . en.