Room 179

Camille Pissarro

1830–1903, Danish West Indies (St. Thomas), France, Impressionism

Pissarro was born on the Caribbean island of St. Thomas, then a Danish colony, and came to Paris as a young man. As the eldest of the Impressionists he was their steady centre: he exhibited in all eight group exhibitions and encouraged younger artists such as Cézanne. He painted fields, gardens and villages around Pontoise and, in old age, the boulevards of Paris from his window – in sun, rain and snow.

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