Jacob Abraham Camille Pissarro (858 photos)

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Camille Pissarro was born on July 10, 1830 on the island of St. Thomas (West Indies), into a bourgeois family of Sephardic Jews Abraham Pissarro and Rachelle Manzano-Pomier. Until the age of 12, Camille lived in the West Indies, then, at the age of 25, he and his entire family moved to Paris. After graduating from school, he again traveled to Saint-Thomas, as well as to Venezuela, where, together with his friend, the Danish artist Melbu, he mastered the art of painting in Caracas.

In 1855 he finally returned to France. From 1855 to 1861 he studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Académie Suisse in Paris. His teachers were Camille Corot, Gustave Courbet and Charles-François Daubigny. Took private lessons from I. Danyan. The main subjects of his works during this period are rural landscapes, as well as views of Paris. During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871, Pissarro moved to London. During this time, many of his works, left in Paris, were destroyed by German soldiers living in his house. Only forty paintings have survived.

In his political views, Pissarro was a convinced anarchist, and provided regular financial assistance to anarchist publications and the anarchists themselves in France and Belgium. However, anarchism did not have any influence on Pissarro’s work. In the same way, anarchism did not affect the practical side of Pissarro’s life: in need of money, the artist from time to time took part in his father’s commercial activities.

Pissarro had a strong influence on the Impressionists, independently developing many of the principles that formed the basis of their painting style. He was friends with artists such as Degas, Cezanne and Gauguin. Pizarro is the only participant in all 8 Impressionist exhibitions.

Even while studying at the Academy, Pissarro began an affair with his parents’ maid, Julie Velley. But the young people were able to formalize the relationship only after 10 years. The Pissarro family had eight children. Two of them - Georges and Lucien - became artists.

The artist died on November 12 (according to other sources - November 13), 1903 in Paris. He was buried in the Père Lachaise cemetery.