Pissarro’s work often tunes in on the intersections of art, culture, and history. His own family story—his great grandfather was the “grandfather of impressionism” Camille Pissarro—is ...
Picking Peas was painted in 1887 by Camille Pissarro. In 1943, it was confiscated under anti-Semitic laws passed by the collaborationist Vichy government during the German occupation of France.