![Portrait of Camille Jacob Pissarro](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/pissarro000.jpg)
Camille Jacob Pissarro Painting Reproductions 6 of 22
1830-1903
French Impressionist Painter
Camille Pissarro (July 10, 1830 - November 13, 1903) was a French Impressionist painter. His importance resides not only in his visual contributions to Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, but also in his patriarchal standing among his colleagues, particularly Paul Cezanne.
Early life and work
Camille Jacob Pissarro was born in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas to Abraham Gabriel Pissarro, a Portuguese Sephardic Jew, and Rachel Manzano-Pomie, from the Dominican Republic. Pissarro lived in St. Thomas until age 12, when he went to a boarding school in Paris. He returned to St. Thomas where he drew in his free time. Pissarro was attracted to political Anarchy, an attraction that may have originated during his years in St. Thomas. In 1852, he travelled to Venezuela with the Danish artist Fritz Melbye. In 1855, he moved to Paris, where he studied informally with the French landscape artist Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot.
His finest early works (See Jalais Hill, Pontoise, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) are characterized by a broadly painted (sometimes with palette knife) naturalism derived from Courbet, but with an incipient Impressionist palette.
Camille Pissarro married Julie Vellay, a maid in his mother's household. Of their eight children together, one died at birth and a daughter died when nine. The surviving children all painted, and Lucien, the oldest son, became a follower of William Morris.
Artist and mentor
Known as the Father of Impressionism, Pissarro painted rural and urban French life, particularly landscapes in and around Pontoise, as well as scenes from Montmartre. His mature work displays an empathy for peasants and laborers, and sometimes evidences his radical political leanings. He was a mentor to Paul Cezanne and Paul Gauguin and his example inspired many younger artists, including Californian Impressionist Lucy Bacon.
Pissarro's influence on his fellow Impressionists is probably still underrated; not only did he offer substantial contributions to Impressionist theory, but he also managed to remain on friendly, mutually respectful terms with such difficult personalities as Edgar Degas, Cezanne and Gauguin. Pissarro exhibited at all eight of the Impressionist exhibitions. Moreover, whereas Monet was the most prolific and emblematic practitioner of the Impressionist style, Pissarro was nonetheless a primary developer of Impressionist technique.
Pissarro experimented with Neo-Impressionist ideas between 1885 and 1890. Discontented with what he referred to as "romantic Impressionism", he investigated Pointillism which he called "scientific Impressionism" before returning to a purer Impressionism in the last decade of his life.
In March 1893, Paris Gallery Durand-Ruel organized a major exhibition of 46 of Pissarro's works along with 55 others by Antonio de La Gandara. But while the critics acclaimed Gandara, their appraisal of Pissarro's art was less enthusiastic.
Pissarro died in Eragny-sur-Epte on either November 12 or November 13, 1903 and was buried in Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.
During his lifetime, Camille Pissarro sold few of his paintings. By 2005, however, some of his works were selling for over U.S. $4 million.
Early life and work
Camille Jacob Pissarro was born in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas to Abraham Gabriel Pissarro, a Portuguese Sephardic Jew, and Rachel Manzano-Pomie, from the Dominican Republic. Pissarro lived in St. Thomas until age 12, when he went to a boarding school in Paris. He returned to St. Thomas where he drew in his free time. Pissarro was attracted to political Anarchy, an attraction that may have originated during his years in St. Thomas. In 1852, he travelled to Venezuela with the Danish artist Fritz Melbye. In 1855, he moved to Paris, where he studied informally with the French landscape artist Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot.
His finest early works (See Jalais Hill, Pontoise, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) are characterized by a broadly painted (sometimes with palette knife) naturalism derived from Courbet, but with an incipient Impressionist palette.
Camille Pissarro married Julie Vellay, a maid in his mother's household. Of their eight children together, one died at birth and a daughter died when nine. The surviving children all painted, and Lucien, the oldest son, became a follower of William Morris.
Artist and mentor
Known as the Father of Impressionism, Pissarro painted rural and urban French life, particularly landscapes in and around Pontoise, as well as scenes from Montmartre. His mature work displays an empathy for peasants and laborers, and sometimes evidences his radical political leanings. He was a mentor to Paul Cezanne and Paul Gauguin and his example inspired many younger artists, including Californian Impressionist Lucy Bacon.
Pissarro's influence on his fellow Impressionists is probably still underrated; not only did he offer substantial contributions to Impressionist theory, but he also managed to remain on friendly, mutually respectful terms with such difficult personalities as Edgar Degas, Cezanne and Gauguin. Pissarro exhibited at all eight of the Impressionist exhibitions. Moreover, whereas Monet was the most prolific and emblematic practitioner of the Impressionist style, Pissarro was nonetheless a primary developer of Impressionist technique.
Pissarro experimented with Neo-Impressionist ideas between 1885 and 1890. Discontented with what he referred to as "romantic Impressionism", he investigated Pointillism which he called "scientific Impressionism" before returning to a purer Impressionism in the last decade of his life.
In March 1893, Paris Gallery Durand-Ruel organized a major exhibition of 46 of Pissarro's works along with 55 others by Antonio de La Gandara. But while the critics acclaimed Gandara, their appraisal of Pissarro's art was less enthusiastic.
Pissarro died in Eragny-sur-Epte on either November 12 or November 13, 1903 and was buried in Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.
During his lifetime, Camille Pissarro sold few of his paintings. By 2005, however, some of his works were selling for over U.S. $4 million.
506 Pissarro Paintings
![Peasants Chatting in the Farmyard, Eragny, 1895 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/paintings-lg/pissarro123.jpg)
Peasants Chatting in the Farmyard, Eragny 1895
Oil Painting
$586
$586
SKU: PIC-2180
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
![The Walnut and Apple Trees in Bloom at Eragny, 1895 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/paintings-lg/pissarro124.jpg)
The Walnut and Apple Trees in Bloom at Eragny 1895
Oil Painting
$577
$577
SKU: PIC-2181
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
![The Effect of Snow, Sunset, Eragny, 1895 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/paintings-lg/pissarro125.jpg)
The Effect of Snow, Sunset, Eragny 1895
Oil Painting
$548
$548
SKU: PIC-2182
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
![The Garden at Eragny, c.1895 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/paintings-lg/pissarro126.jpg)
The Garden at Eragny c.1895
Oil Painting
$436
$436
SKU: PIC-2183
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
![Walnut Tree in Spring, 1894 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/paintings-lg/pissarro127.jpg)
Walnut Tree in Spring 1894
Oil Painting
$535
$535
SKU: PIC-2184
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
![The Knocke Windmill, Belgium, 1894/02 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/paintings-lg/pissarro128.jpg)
The Knocke Windmill, Belgium 1894/02
Oil Painting
$535
$535
SKU: PIC-2185
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
![Houses at Knocke, Belgium, 1894 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/paintings-lg/pissarro129.jpg)
Houses at Knocke, Belgium 1894
Oil Painting
$436
$436
SKU: PIC-2186
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
![Windmill at Knokke, Belgium, 1894 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/paintings-lg/pissarro130.jpg)
Windmill at Knokke, Belgium 1894
Oil Painting
$551
$551
Canvas Print
$62.04
$62.04
SKU: PIC-2187
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 54 x 65 cm
Private Collection
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 54 x 65 cm
Private Collection
![Hoarfrosst, Morning (Snow Effect in Eragny), 1894 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/paintings-lg/pissarro131.jpg)
Hoarfrosst, Morning (Snow Effect in Eragny) 1894
Oil Painting
$725
$725
Canvas Print
$52.41
$52.41
SKU: PIC-2188
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 73.5 x 92.5 cm
Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 73.5 x 92.5 cm
Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France
![The Thaw, Eragny, 1893 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/paintings-lg/pissarro132.jpg)
The Thaw, Eragny 1893
Oil Painting
$418
$418
SKU: PIC-2189
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
![Picking Peas, 1893 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/paintings-lg/pissarro133.jpg)
Picking Peas 1893
Oil Painting
$496
$496
SKU: PIC-2190
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Museum Langmatt, Baden, Switzerland
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Museum Langmatt, Baden, Switzerland
![The Potato Harvest, 1893 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/paintings-lg/pissarro134.jpg)
The Potato Harvest 1893
Oil Painting
$521
$521
SKU: PIC-2191
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
![The Barn, Morning, Eragny, 1893 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/paintings-lg/pissarro135.jpg)
The Barn, Morning, Eragny 1893
Oil Painting
$361
$361
SKU: PIC-2192
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
![View of Eragny, 1892 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/paintings-lg/pissarro136.jpg)
View of Eragny 1892
Oil Painting
$510
$510
SKU: PIC-2193
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
![Woman with a Wheelbarrow, 1892 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/paintings-lg/pissarro137.jpg)
Woman with a Wheelbarrow 1892
Oil Painting
$717
$717
SKU: PIC-2194
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
![View of Bazincourt, Sunset, 1892 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/paintings-lg/pissarro138.jpg)
View of Bazincourt, Sunset 1892
Oil Painting
$385
$385
SKU: PIC-2195
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
![Kew Gardens, Crossroads near the Pond, 1892 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/paintings-lg/pissarro139.jpg)
Kew Gardens, Crossroads near the Pond 1892
Oil Painting
$510
$510
SKU: PIC-2196
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
![Church at Kew, 1892 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/paintings-lg/pissarro140.jpg)
Church at Kew 1892
Oil Painting
$510
$510
SKU: PIC-2197
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
![Primrose Hill, Regent's Park, 1892 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/paintings-lg/pissarro141.jpg)
Primrose Hill, Regent's Park 1892
Oil Painting
$535
$535
SKU: PIC-2198
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
![Morning, Autumn, Eragny, 1892 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/paintings-lg/pissarro142.jpg)
Morning, Autumn, Eragny 1892
Oil Painting
$343
$343
SKU: PIC-2199
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, Germany
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, Germany
![Setting Sun and Fog, Eragny, 1891 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/paintings-lg/pissarro143.jpg)
Setting Sun and Fog, Eragny 1891
Oil Painting
$510
$510
Canvas Print
$88.65
$88.65
SKU: PIC-2200
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 54 x 65.5 cm
Private Collection
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 54 x 65.5 cm
Private Collection
![Hyde Park, London, 1890 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/paintings-lg/pissarro144.jpg)
Hyde Park, London 1890
Oil Painting
$510
$510
Canvas Print
$53.05
$53.05
SKU: PIC-2201
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 54 x 65 cm
Fuji Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 54 x 65 cm
Fuji Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
![Flowering Apple Trees at Eragny, 1888 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/paintings-lg/pissarro145.jpg)
Flowering Apple Trees at Eragny 1888
Oil Painting
$510
$510
SKU: PIC-2202
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
![Brickworks at Eragny, 1888 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/paintings-lg/pissarro146.jpg)
Brickworks at Eragny 1888
Oil Painting
$634
$634
SKU: PIC-2203
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection