PISSARRO CAMILLE: (1830-1903) French Impressionist Painter. A.L.S., C. Pissarro, two pages, 8vo, Eragny-Bazincourt, 5th July 1902, to his son Rodolphe, in French. Pissarro announces, 'You can be sure that these dizzy spells come from the stomach’ and continues to make some dietary recommendations, ‘organise yourself for your food, some eggs, some beef cutlets, etc. Some simple things I am sure… that will do you good, come to Dieppe, we will find, I hope a place where one could eat close by' further advising, 'Independently from the food there is also this: do not get up too late, do not go to bed at impossible hours, do not stay in the cafes, do not spend the evenings in the cafes with music, do not eat ices, etc, etc.' Pissarro also writes of other matters, ‘I have in effect some gouaches at Portus’s and a painting, you do not know when they are going to rest and when they will move house?’, and again encourages his son to take a train and join him in Dieppe (‘I hope the sea will do you good’), informing him that they will be at the Hotel du Commerce. Pissarro concludes by mentioning another son, Georges, of whom he has received no news, asking if he is going to stay at Moret and remarking ‘Eventually I am going to write to him’. VG

Ludovic Rodolphe Pissarro (1878-1952) French Painter and Engraver.

Georges Pissarro (1871-1961) French Artist who worked in Impressionist and Post-Impressionist styles.
Moret-sur-Loing is a former commune in the Île-de-France region in north-central France and the town was a source of inspiration for Monet, Renoir and Sisley.