Hugues Claude Pissarro

Who is Hugues Claude Pissarro?

Hugues Claude Pissarro is a French painter. He is alternately known as Hughes Claude Pissarro, H. Claude Pissarro, and professionally as Isaac Pomié or Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié. His work has been featured in exhibitions in Europe and the United States, and in 1959 he was commissioned by the White House to paint a portrait of U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower. Hugues' work has evolved through a variety of different styles and techniques, from abstract to avant-garde. In 1989, he began a series of contemporary landscapes which were signed Isaac Pomié in order to distinguish them from his traditional works. Today, the contemporary paintings are signed Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié.