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las exposiciones impresionistas, concebidas como alternativa a los salones oficiales. La exposición, organizada por el Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza y la Obra Social «la Caixa», es la primera y más completa retrospectiva de la obra de Camille Pissarro que se presenta en España. Reúne 67 óleos de todas las épocas, procedentes de museos y colecciones privadas de todo el mundo. Este extraordinario conjunto permite reconstruir la aventura de este artista precursor a partir de los lugares que recorrió y los paisajes que pintó en cada uno de ellos, desde los primeros tiempos, cuando empezó a pintar a orillas del río Marne, hasta los últimos años de su vida y los paisajes urbanos de París, Ruan y, finalmente, El Havre. Pissarro CaixaForum Barcelona Until 26th January 2014 Called ‘the first Impressionist’ by his friend Cézanne, Camille Pissarro (St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, 1830 – Paris, 1903) is perhaps both the essential figure of Impressionism and the least well-known. Together with his friend Monet –who came to eclipse him– the two artists gave the first push to the group that came to be known as the Impressionists. Pissarro had great influence on Cézanne, Gauguin and Van Gogh, being a teacher to the pioneers of modern art. Pissarro seeks to restore the artist’s reputation and to underline his contribution to the field beyond artistic creation: his approach to life involved returning to a simple life of nature and country, and promoted collective activities as a new way of understanding art. This eventually led to the Impressionist exhibitions, conceived as an alternative to the official art salons. The exhibition, organised by the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum and the “la Caixa” Foundation is the first and most comprehensive of Camille Pissarro ever shown in Spain. It brings together 67 oil paintings from all his periods from museums and private collections from around the world. This extraordinary collection allows us to reconstruct the path of this ahead-of- his-time artist using the places he frequented and the landscapes he painted in each of them, from his early period when he began to paint on the banks of the Marne river to his latter years and his cityscapes of Paris, Rouen and, finally, Le Havre. Camille Pissarro. Rue Saint-Honoré por la tarde. Efecto de lluvia/ St. Honoré Street in the afternoon. Rain effect , 1897. © Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid. Fotografía: José Loren 23