Camille Pissarro Auction Prices and Value Guide
Camille Pissarro auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 3,724 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Camille Pissarro auction prices: quick answer
Camille Pissarro auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Camille Pissarro
- Source records
- 3,724
- Market update
- 2026-02-16
Artist context
About Camille Pissarro
Camille Pissarro (1830–1903) was a Danish-French painter and a foundational figure in both Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. Born on the island of Saint Thomas in the Danish West Indies, he moved to Paris in the 1850s and studied under Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot and Gustave Courbet. Pissarro is the only artist to have exhibited in all eight Impressionist group exhibitions between 1874 and 1886. He served as a mentor and collaborator to Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin, Georges Seurat, and Paul Signac, and briefly adopted Neo-Impressionist techniques in the mid-1880s before returning to a freer Impressionist style. His subjects ranged from rural landscapes and peasant life around Pontoise and Éragny to celebrated series of Parisian boulevards painted from high windows late in his career. He was the patriarch of a large artistic family, with several sons becoming painters in their own right.
ImpressionismNeo-ImpressionismPost-Impressionismoil paintingwatercolorpastellithographyrural landscapes and peasant lifeParisian urban scenes and boulevardsportraits and figures
Common works and media
Collectors most frequently encounter Pissarro's oil-on-canvas landscapes and urban views, particularly scenes of Pontoise, Éragny, Rouen, and Paris. He also produced a substantial body of pastels, watercolors, and gouaches depicting rural laborers, market scenes, and village streets. His printmaking includes etchings and lithographs, some in editioned sets. Drawings in pencil, pen, and chalk span his entire career. Late in life, his Paris apartment yielded multiple painted views of the Boulevard Montmartre, Avenue de l'Opéra, and the Pont Neuf, which are among his most recognized compositions.
Market and appraisal context
Camille Pissarro has one of the deepest and most liquid auction footprints of any Impressionist artist. Appraisily's auction-record index tracks 1,751 lots, of which 1,208 carry a recorded price—a body of evidence spanning from November 1991 through April 2026. Major houses dominate the top of the market: Christie's and Sotheby's anchor the high end, while Bonhams, Artcurial, Tajan, Millon & Associés, Piasa, Ader, and Swann Auction Galleries contribute substantial mid-market and works-on-paper volume. Price dispersion is extremely wide. The recorded minimum is $1 (typically low-value prints or unverified attributions) and the maximum reaches $19,682,500, reflecting top-tier oil paintings at flagship evening sales. The median sits at $7,800 and the interquartile range spans $2,000–$65,000, indicating that while blue-chip oils command millions, the majority of lots that change hands are works on paper, prints, and drawings in the low-four-to-mid-five-figure range. Liquidity remains strong: 102 lots appeared in the trailing twelve months against 114 in the prior period, a modest single-digit decline consistent with normal market cyclicality rather than contraction. Categories observed include Impressionist & Modern Art, Works on Paper, and Prints & Multiples across oil painting, watercolor, pastel, gouache, drawing, etching, and lithography.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Impressionist & Modern Art
- Works on Paper
- Prints & Multiples
- Old Master & 19th Century Paintings
- Drawings & Watercolours
Value drivers
- Medium: oil paintings command the highest values; works on paper (pastels, watercolors, drawings) and prints are more accessible entry points
- Subject: Paris boulevard views and rural Pontoise scenes are among the most sought-after subjects
- Period: works from the Neo-Impressionist phase (c. 1885–1890) and late Paris series are particularly valued
- Provenance: documented exhibition history, inclusion in major collections, and catalogue raisonné references significantly affect value
- Condition and authenticity: given the large body of work and family of artists, attribution should be confirmed; works by sons Lucien, Félix, Georges, Ludovic Rodolphe, and Paul Emile Pissarro appear on the market and may be confused with Camille's output
- Medium is the strongest price driver: major oil paintings routinely achieve seven-to-eight-figure results, while etchings, lithographs, and small drawings can sell below $1,000
Appraisal caveats
- RKD records over 4,699 image entries for Pissarro, indicating a very large body of work across multiple mediums; individual work values vary widely by medium, size, date, and subject
- The Pissarro family includes several artist descendants; collectors should verify attribution to Camille specifically rather than a family member
- No specific auction price data was available in the collected source pack; comparable public auction records should be consulted for current market estimates
- The price distribution spans from $1 to $19,682,500—an extreme range driven by the full spectrum of mediums, sizes, and attribution confidence levels. Median and interquartile figures are more representative of typical market activity than the high maximum.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context passed Appraisily's promotion threshold: high confidence, strong sources.
- Wikidata library authority
- Wikipedia wikipedia
- VIAF library authority
- Library of Congress library authority
- The Museum of Modern Art museum or university
- Tate museum or university
Data basis
This page is built from Appraisily's public auction market index. Private transactions, incomplete sale feeds, and attribution changes may not be fully represented.
Artist value FAQ
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