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Biography of Camille Pissarro
Camille Pissarro – Danish-French Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter.
Name: Jacob Abraham Camille Pissarro
Date of Birth: 10 July
Place of Birth: Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas, Danish West Indies (now US Virgin Islands)
Date of Death: 13 November (aged 73)
Place of Death: Paris, France
Occupation: Painter
Father: Frederick Pissarro
Mother: Rachel Petit Pissarro
Spouse/Ex: Julie Vellay (m.
–)
Early Life
Camille Pissarro, painter and printmaker who was a key figure in the history of Impressionism was born on 10 July on the island of St. Thomas to Frederick and Rachel Manzano de Pissarro.
His importance resides in his contributions to both Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. Pissarro studied from great forerunners, including Gustave Courbet and Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot. He later studied and worked alongside Georges Seurat and Paul Signac when he took on the Neo-Impressionist style at the age of
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