ARTIST OF THE WEEK: 25. Camille Pissarro, ACJ Art Academy

Name: Camille Pissarro

Born: July 10, 1830; Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Died: November 13, 1903; Paris, France

Nationality: French

Art Movement: Impressionism, Post-Impressionism

Field: Painting

Influenced on: Paul Gauguin, Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Friends/Co-workers: Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Camille Pissarro was a Danish-French Impressionist painter who was born on the island of St Thomas (now in the US Virgin Islands, but at the time in the Danish West Indies). His importance lies in his contribution to both Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. Pissarro studied from great artists, including Gustave Courbet and Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot. At the age of 54, he studied and worked with Georges Seurat and Paul Signac when drawing the Neo-Impressionist style.

In 1873, Pissarro formed a group of 15 ambitious artists and became a central figure binding and encouraging the members of the group. Pissarro was not only the oldest in the group, but also a kind and warmhearted person with wisdom. Paul Cézanne said, "Pissarro was a father to me and was like the Lord to counsel when I was in difficult situations." He was also one of Paul Gauguin's teachers. Pierre-Auguste Renoir evaluated his works as “revolutionary”, through his artistic depiction of "ordinary man" who insisted on drawing figures in nature without "artifice or grandeur".

Pissarro is also the only artist to exhibit his work at all 8 Impressionist exhibitions held in Paris from 1874 to 1886. He acted as a father not only to Impressionist artists, but also to the major Post-Impressionists, Georges Seurat, Paul Cézanne, Vincent van Gogh, and Paul Gauguin.

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2. Pierre Auguste Renoir

3. Claude Monet

4. Paul Cézanne

5. Georges Seurat

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