Camille Pissarro Biography
Camille Pissarro was a Danish-French Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter born on the island of St Thomas. His importance resides in his contributions to both Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. Pissarro studied from great forerunners, including Gustave Courbet and Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot. He later studied and worked alongside Georges Seurat and Paul Signac when he took on the Neo-Impressionist style at the age of 54.
In 1873 he helped establish a collective society of fifteen aspiring artists, becoming the "pivotal" figure in holding the group together and encouraging the other members. Art historian John Rewald called Pissarro the "dean of the Impressionist painters", not only because he was the oldest of the group, but also "by virtue of his wisdom and his balanced, kind, and warmhearted personality". Cézanne said "he was a father for me. A man to consult and a little like the good Lord," and he was also one of Gauguin's masters. Renoir referred to his work as "revolutionary", through his artistic portrayals of the "common man", as Pissarro insisted on painting individuals in natural settings without "artifice or grandeur". Source: Wikipedia
Biography Snapshot
- Name:
- Camille Pissarro
- Nationality:
- France
- Profession:
- Draftsman, Painter, Printmaker, Artist, Visual Artist
- Religion:
- Judaism
- Date of Birth:
- July 10, 1830
- Astrological Sign:
- Cancer
- Date of Death:
- November 13, 1903
- Age at Death:
- 73
Marriages
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