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"LUCIEN PISSARRO (1863-), Anglo-French painter and ,engraver, was born in Paris on Feb. 20 1863, the son of the painter Camille Pissarro ( see 21.652). He studied art under his father, and at the suggestion of Auguste Lepere took up wood engraving. In 18 9 1 he came to England, and there began his studies in typography. In 1894 he started the Eragny Press and published a series of books, using until 1903 the Vale type designed by Charles Ricketts and afterwards the Brook type designed by himself. The initial letters, borders and illustrations engraved on wood were throughout mainly from his own designs, and sometimes show very skilful and refined use of colour and gold. Among the most notable productions of his press are L'Histoire de Solinian Ben-Daoud (1907); Le Livre de Jade (1911) and La Charrue d'Erable (1912), with illustrations engraved in colour from drawings by Camille Pissarro, one of his son's few essays in reproductive engraving. He also produced a considerable number of isolated woodcuts. As a painter, he uses the " spectral palette " of the impressionists, and works in a high key. He early devoted himself to the study of subtle gradations and variations in colour, and adopted a pointillist technique, afterwards modified into a broader method of handling, with more emphasis on design. His work is almost entirely English landscape, notable recent examples being " Coldharbour, Teatime " and " Crockhurst Lane, Coldharbour." He became a member of the New English Art Club, was a member of the Camden Town Group, and was the principal founder of the Monarro Group. He became a naturalized British subject in 1916. He is represented in the Tate Gallery, and in * the art galleries of Leeds and Manchester.