Camille Pissarro was a pivotal figure of Impressionism, perhaps the
world’s most famous art movement. He also tackled different forms of
Neoimpressionism, while maintaining very personal characteristics in his
art all throughout his life. A key figure in the Impressionist movement
and a participant in every one of their exhibitions, Camille Pissarro
(1830-1903) was considered the patriarch of the group. Born in the
Danish West Indies, he travelled to Venezuela, and studied with Corot in
France, who influencedhis early works and who triggered his passion to
paint outdoors. His style evolved as he progressed in life, influenced
too by the debateswith his fellow-painters.After the outbreak of the
Franco-Prussian War, he moved to England, but his style of painting,
which was a forerunnerof the"Impressionism", did not do very well.Like
Degas, Pissarro was a great draughtsman. His representations of rural
and urban life are often closely intertwined with his social concerns
and anarchist beliefs. A quintessential artist ahead of his time,
Pissaro sold very few works during his lifetime.
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