Ludovic-Rodolphe Pissarro (1878-1952) was born in Paris and was Camille Pissarro's fourth son. Encouraged by his father, he began drawing from nature at an early age.

The impact of Camille's art and teaching on Pissarro was considerable. His artistic production encompassed a wide range of media. He exhibited regularly at the Salon des Independants over a forty-year period.

In 1894, at the age of sixteen, Pissarro published his first wood engravings in the anarchist journal, Le Pere Peinard. When Camille left France for the safety of Belgium during the anarchist upheavals of the same year, Pissarro joined him there.

He moved into his first studio in Montmartre with his brother Georges in 1898. Works of this early important period until just after the death of his father in 1903 were post-impressionist and clearly painted under the influence of his father.

By 1904 living in Paris, he found the nightlife and the habitues of the cafes, theatres, circuses and cabarets compelling subjects for his work and changed dramatically the style of his painting, affiliating himself to the Fauve artists. He became close to artists such as Kees Van Dongen, Maurice de Vlaminck and Raoul Dufy. In 1905 he participated in the first Fauve exhibition at the Salon des Independants. In 1907 he visited Van Dongen in Rotterdam and the two artists continued to paint together, something they often did in Paris.

In 1914 after the outbreak of the War, Pissarro moved to England. Over the next seven years he lived mainly in and around West London. He worked closely with his brother Lucien to establish in 1915 the Monarro Group, formed with the aim of exhibiting work by contemporary artists inspired by Impressionism.

Pissarro enjoyed a rich career traveling extensively painting and exhibiting throughout Normandy, Brittany, Paris, London, the south coast of England, Jersey, Rotterdam, Germany, and Belgium. His works can be found in many museums including the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford and the Museum of Fine Art in Boston.