The eldest son of French Impressionist Camille Pissarro, Lucien Pissarro’s practice focused almost exclusively on rural landscapes of both England and France. Tea time, Coldharbour reflects the colours of an English autumn afternoon, suggested by smoke from a distant chimney and the soft haziness of the scene.

Lucien Pissarro was born in Paris in 1863. He settled in England in 1890 and was naturalised during the First World War in 1916. He worked in different media including oil, watercolour, wood-engraving and etching. Initially trained by his artist father, Lucien later became involved with those who followed on from the Impressionists, known as the Neo-Impressionists. He worked closely with Paul Signac and Georges Seurat, whose pointillist technique influenced his style. In 1911, Pissarro became a co-founder of the Camden Town Group and helped to foster an understanding of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism in England.