Jacob Abraham Camille Pissarro, known as Camille Pissarro (* Saint Thomas, 10 de julio de 1830 - † Paris November 13 of 1903), was a painter Impressionist then neo-impressionist French.
is considered one of the founders of the Impressionist movement. As dean of impressionism had a significant role in the moral and artistic guide. Painted life French rural district scenes Montmartre. His pupils include Paul Cézanne , Paul Gauguin , Jean Pesko and Henri-Martin Lamotte .
The garden of Pontoise (1877).
In 1847, after completion of their studies in France, he returned to St. Thomas to help in the trade of their parents. In his spare time was devoted to drawing. 1 then left home because of opposition from their parents to become an artist. He traveled to Caracas (1852), accompanied by his teacher, the painter Danish Fritz Melbye . 2 There was devoted entirely to painting, doing landscapes and scenes.
In 1855 moved to Paris, where he attended
Claude Monet and Pissarro agreed London, where they met Durand-Rue (1831-1922), who became From that time the dealer "official" group. Pissarro and Monet did in London studios building covered in fog.
His style at this time was quite traditional. It is associated with Barbizon School but spent some time evolved into impressionism. It is considered, along with Monet and Alfred Sisley, one of the pure Impressionist, differing from the group of "problemáticos" (Renoir, Degas, Cezanne).
Al volver a Francia después de su estancia en Londres, participó plenamente en las exposiciones del grupo impresionista, del que fue cofundador. Además, fue el único que participó en las ocho exposiciones del grupo (1874-1886).
Durante la Guerra Franco-prusiana, (1870-1871), volvió a residir en England, where he studied English and art especially the landscapes of William Turner . In the 80's experimented with pointillism and produced scenes of rivers and rural landscapes and street scenes Paris, as Saint-Honore Street after noon (1897, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza de Madrid),
Attracted by the land, he painted rural French life, particularly landscapes and scenes showing people working in the field. The period called Pontoise (1872-1884, approximately) dating back to his best works inspired by Monet and Cézanne: The mowing Montfoucault (1876), red roofs (1877), Spring Pontoise (1877). After a period Neo-Impressionist, he returned to the lyricism and the chromatic brilliance of Impressionism. Also famous are his scenes of Montmartre.
In 1895, a worsening of eye disease he suffered forced him to paint cityscapes of Paris from the window of his house: Avenue de l'Opera , Tuileries Gardens and Effect Snow .
Pissarro's work is represented in the Orsay Museum Paris. As a teacher had the students to Paul Gauguin , Paul Cézanne , his son Lucien Pissarro and American impressionist painter Mary Cassatt . Politically he was a supporter of anarchism.
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