Family and descendants

A family of artists

From Camille’s parents to several generations of painters, discover a family history deeply connected with art.

Reading the tree

This page presents Camille Pissarro’s close family and a selection of artist descendants. It is not intended as an exhaustive genealogy.

Camille’s parents

Camille’s father

Frédéric Abraham Gabriel Pissarro

1802—1865

Merchant

Camille Pissarro’s father, a merchant established in Saint Thomas.

Camille’s mother

Rachel Manzano-Pomié

1796—1889

Born into a Jewish family from Saint Thomas with roots in Provence.

Camille and Julie

Artist

Camille Pissarro

1830—1903

Painter and printmaker

A central figure of Impressionism and the only artist to take part in all eight group exhibitions.

Camille’s wife

Julie Vellay

1838—1926

Camille’s partner from the 1860s, married in London in 1871, and mother of their eight children.

Their eight children

Eldest son

Lucien Pissarro

1863—1944

Painter, printmaker and publisher

Based in England, he maintained a major artistic correspondence with his father.

Daughter

Jeanne-Rachel “Minette” Pissarro

1865—1874

A frequent subject in Camille’s family portraits, she died at the age of nine.

Daughter

Adèle Emma Pissarro

1870—1870

Camille and Julie’s third child, who died in infancy.

Son

Georges Henri Manzana Pissarro

1871—1961

Painter and decorative artist

He developed a personal body of work influenced by Symbolism, Orientalism and the decorative arts.

Son

Félix “Titi” Pissarro

1874—1897

Painter, printmaker and caricaturist

A promising artist who died at the age of twenty-three.

Son

Ludovic-Rodolphe “Rodo” Pissarro

1878—1952

Painter and art historian

He worked with Lionello Venturi on the first catalogue raisonné of his father’s oeuvre.

Daughter

Jeanne “Cocotte” Bonin-Pissarro

1881—1948

Painter

The only daughter of Camille and Julie to reach adulthood, she painted under the name Cocotte.

Youngest son

Paul-Émile Pissarro

1884—1972

Painter

The couple’s youngest child, he continued the family landscape tradition.

Selected artist descendants

This selection highlights artistic continuity and is not exhaustive.

Granddaughter

Orovida Camille Pissarro

1893—1968

Painter and printmaker

Lucien’s daughter, she developed a highly individual body of work in Britain.

Grandson

Henri Bonin-Pissarro

1918—2003

Painter

Son of Jeanne Bonin-Pissarro and a member of the third generation of artists.

Grandson

Claude Bonin-Pissarro

1921—

Painter

Jeanne’s son, also known as Claude Bonin.

Grandson

Hugues Claude Pissarro

1935—

Painter

Paul-Émile’s son, he also signed some works under the name Pomié.

Great-grandson

Frédéric Bonin-Pissarro

1964—

Painter

Claude Bonin-Pissarro’s son, he pursued an abstract path.

Great-granddaughter

Lélia Pissarro

1963—

Painter

Camille’s great-granddaughter, she belongs to the family’s fourth generation of painters.

Great-grandson

Joachim Pissarro

1959—

Art historian and curator

An art historian, curator and professor specialising in modern art.

Page sources

Denver Art Museum — Portrait of a Family
Clark Art Institute — Family and Friends