Lélia Pissarro

Lélia Pissarro (Lélia Olga Sabine Edwige Pissarro) was born 27 July 1963 in Paris, France and is a contemporary French artist and gallery owner who lives and works in London. She is the great-granddaughter of Camille Pissarro.

Early life in France Lélia Pissarro is the third and youngest child of the artist Hugues Claude Pissarro and his first wife Katia, an art dealer. Until the age of 11 Lélia grew up in the care of her paternal grandparents Paul-Émile Pissarro and his wife Yvonne in the small Calvados farming hamlet of Clécy where she also lived with her brother Joachim Pissarro, an art historian. The middle sibling, Lionel Pissarro was raised in their parent's household. During this time Paul-Émile taught her fundamental Impressionist and Post-Impressionist techniques

Lélia moved to London after marrying the art dealer David Stern in 1988 and Stern Pissarro Gallery was created. The gallery has evolved into an international art business offering a collection of Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary art and specialising in Camille Pissarro as well as his descendants who became artists. Situation in the heartland of the London art scene, the gallery occupies the Modernist Target House building designed by Rodney Gordon on St James Street in Mayfair.

In 1999, Lélia became one of the founders of the Sorteval Press, a group of artists dedicated to developing their skills and techniques in etching and printmaking. Their first exhibition took place at the Mall Gallery in London in December 1999.

Lélia's work includes La Foret d’Otilia, a pastel which was exhibited at the Christina Gallery along with Camille's exhibits.