Artwork Of Famed VI Native Camille Pissarro On Display In Christiansted

Governor Kenneth Mapp said in a release issued Tuesday that the sketches and paintings by famed Virgin Islands born impressionist Camille Pissarro have been on display at the Governor’s Office in Christiansted since Hurricanes Irma and Maria.

Following the compromise of the roof of Government House in St. Thomas, caused by the 2017 storms, the furnishings and other government-owned property has been inventoried, removed and stored at other government-owned or controlled facilities, the release said.

The Pissarro artwork has been on display in Government House on St. Croix since early last summer. The two oil paintings and three sketches by Pissarro were delivered to Christiansted, where they can be displayed securely until repairs are completed on St. Thomas.

Mr. Mapp said that many people have had the opportunity to see the artwork since it has been on St. Croix, including Governor-elect Albert Bryan, who Governor Mapp introduced the pieces to on Mr. Bryan’s visit to the Christiansted office.

The following pieces comprise Government House’s Pissarro collection:

• “Study of Two Young Women”- Pencil on paper
• “St. Thomas” – Pencil on paper
• “Figure in a Forest” – Pencil on paper
• “Soleil Couchant a Ergny” – Oil on Canvas
• “Landscape at Night” – Oil on Canvas

The governor noted that no government artwork had ever been in his personal possession.

“The pieces have been and remain under the protection and in the custody of the Virgin Islands Government,” he said.