![Portrait of Camille Jacob Pissarro](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/pissarro000.jpg)
Camille Jacob Pissarro Painting Reproductions 8 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
![Diligence on the Road from Ennery to l'Hermitage, 1877 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/paintings-lg/pissarro172.jpg)
Diligence on the Road from Ennery to l'Hermitage 1877
Oil Painting
$473
$473
Canvas Print
$65.45
$65.45
SKU: PIC-2229
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 46.4 x 55 cm
Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 46.4 x 55 cm
Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France
![The Garden at Pontoise, 1877 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/paintings-lg/pissarro173.jpg)
The Garden at Pontoise 1877
Oil Painting
$809
$809
SKU: PIC-2230
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
![Route du Fond de l'Hermitage, Pontoise, 1877 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/paintings-lg/pissarro174.jpg)
Route du Fond de l'Hermitage, Pontoise 1877
Oil Painting
$493
$493
Canvas Print
$55.46
$55.46
SKU: PIC-2231
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 65.5 x 54 cm
Private Collection
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 65.5 x 54 cm
Private Collection
![Roses in a Glass, 1877 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/paintings-lg/pissarro175.jpg)
Roses in a Glass 1877
Oil Painting
$330
$330
SKU: PIC-2232
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
![Vase of Flowers, c.1877/78 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/paintings-lg/pissarro176.jpg)
Vase of Flowers c.1877/78
Oil Painting
$591
$591
SKU: PIC-2233
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Sara Lee Corporation, Chicago, USA
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Sara Lee Corporation, Chicago, USA
![The Pond at Montfoucault, 1875 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/paintings-lg/pissarro177.jpg)
The Pond at Montfoucault 1875
Oil Painting
$734
$734
SKU: PIC-2234
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham, United Kingdom
![Winter at Montvoucault (The Effect of Snow), 1875 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/paintings-lg/pissarro178.jpg)
Winter at Montvoucault (The Effect of Snow) 1875
Oil Painting
$547
$547
SKU: PIC-2235
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
![The Little Bridge, Pontoise, 1875 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/paintings-lg/pissarro179.jpg)
The Little Bridge, Pontoise 1875
Oil Painting
$754
$754
Canvas Print
$53.76
$53.76
SKU: PIC-2236
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 65.5 x 81.5 cm
Stadtische Kunssthalle, Mannheim, Germany
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 65.5 x 81.5 cm
Stadtische Kunssthalle, Mannheim, Germany
![Landscape in the Woods, Pontoise, 1875 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/paintings-lg/pissarro180.jpg)
Landscape in the Woods, Pontoise 1875
Oil Painting
$459
$459
SKU: PIC-2237
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
![A Cowherd at Valhermeil, Auvers-sur-Oise, 1874 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/paintings-lg/pissarro181.jpg)
A Cowherd at Valhermeil, Auvers-sur-Oise 1874
Oil Painting
$697
$697
Canvas Print
$51.20
$51.20
SKU: PIC-2238
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 54.9 x 92.1 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 54.9 x 92.1 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
![The Pond at Montfoucault, 1874 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/paintings-lg/pissarro182.jpg)
The Pond at Montfoucault 1874
Oil Painting
$459
$459
SKU: PIC-2239
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
![Girl Tending a Cow in a Pasture, 1874 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/paintings-lg/pissarro183.jpg)
Girl Tending a Cow in a Pasture 1874
Oil Painting
$459
$459
Canvas Print
$64.30
$64.30
SKU: PIC-2240
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 46 x 54.5 cm
Private Collection
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 46 x 54.5 cm
Private Collection
![Landscape with Rocks, Montfoucault, 1874 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/paintings-lg/pissarro184.jpg)
Landscape with Rocks, Montfoucault 1874
Oil Painting
$561
$561
SKU: PIC-2241
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
![Peasant Pushing a Wheelbarrow, Maison Rondest, 1874 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/paintings-lg/pissarro185.jpg)
Peasant Pushing a Wheelbarrow, Maison Rondest 1874
Oil Painting
$515
$515
SKU: PIC-2242
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
![L'Hermitage, Pontoise, Snow Effect, 1874 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/paintings-lg/pissarro186.jpg)
L'Hermitage, Pontoise, Snow Effect 1874
Oil Painting
$459
$459
Canvas Print
$89.61
$89.61
SKU: PIC-2243
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 54 x 64.7 cm
Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 54 x 64.7 cm
Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA
![The Oise on the Outskirts of Pontoise, 1873 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/paintings-lg/pissarro187.jpg)
The Oise on the Outskirts of Pontoise 1873
Oil Painting
$459
$459
Canvas Print
$63.90
$63.90
SKU: PIC-2244
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 45.3 x 55 cm
The Clark Art Institute, Massachusetts, USA
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 45.3 x 55 cm
The Clark Art Institute, Massachusetts, USA
![Bouquet of Pink Peonies, 1873 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/paintings-lg/pissarro188.jpg)
Bouquet of Pink Peonies 1873
Oil Painting
$459
$459
SKU: PIC-2245
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 73 x 60 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, United Kingdom
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 73 x 60 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, United Kingdom
![The Hoar Frost, 1873 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/paintings-lg/pissarro189.jpg)
The Hoar Frost 1873
Oil Painting
$749
$749
Canvas Print
$54.45
$54.45
SKU: PIC-2246
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 65.5 x 93.2 cm
Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: 65.5 x 93.2 cm
Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France
![Kitchen Gardens at l'Hermitage, Pontoise, 1873 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/paintings-lg/pissarro190.jpg)
Kitchen Gardens at l'Hermitage, Pontoise 1873
Oil Painting
$591
$591
SKU: PIC-2247
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
![Chestnut Trees at Osny, 1873 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/paintings-lg/pissarro191.jpg)
Chestnut Trees at Osny 1873
Oil Painting
$547
$547
SKU: PIC-2248
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
![The Haystack, Pontoise, 1873 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/paintings-lg/pissarro192.jpg)
The Haystack, Pontoise 1873
Oil Painting
$459
$459
Canvas Print
$65.24
$65.24
SKU: PIC-2249
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
![Pontoise, Les Mathurins (Former Convent), 1873 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/paintings-lg/pissarro193.jpg)
Pontoise, Les Mathurins (Former Convent) 1873
Oil Painting
$459
$459
SKU: PIC-2250
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
![The Railroad Crossing at Les Patis, c.1873/74 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/paintings-lg/pissarro194.jpg)
The Railroad Crossing at Les Patis c.1873/74
Oil Painting
$473
$473
SKU: PIC-2251
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Phillips Collection, Washington, USA
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Phillips Collection, Washington, USA
![Rue de la Citadelle, Pontoise, 1873 by Pissarro | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Camille_Jacob_Pissarro/paintings-lg/pissarro195.jpg)
Rue de la Citadelle, Pontoise 1873
Oil Painting
$633
$633
SKU: PIC-2252
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Camille Jacob Pissarro
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection