Camille Pissarro-----A Great Impressionist As many of you may know, Camille Pissarro was a French artist born on 10 July 1830 in Denmark. Pissarro was a French Impressionist painter that was not so well-known by public, but he is greatly respected by Paul Cézanne as a painter. At first glance, Pissarro's paintings seem very ordinary. They have neither Van Gogh's passion, melancholy, nor Paul Gauguin bright and primitive, but after looking deeply and carefully, you can gradually see the unique characteristic in Pissarro's reticence. Pissarro was a tough impressionist painter and he valued friendship. He also loved paint from life. He had painted a considerable number of landscapes. His later work is the masterpiece in colorful impressionism paintings. Furthermore, Pissarro’s self-portraits paintings also have a special style.
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He studied at the Academy Savary near Paris. He was a young student with an admiration for French artists. At the age of seventeen, Monsieur Savary gave him some drawing advices like paint from nature. His father didn’t approve of him being an artist. Instead of that, he wanted Pissarro to be a cargo clerk in his business. Out of his love for art, Pissarro used his every break time for practicing drawing. At the age of 25 on the International Exposition, Pissarro was attracted to the Corot landscapes from Barbizon, which determined his lifelong artistic path of landscape painting. Afterwards, he went to a special trip visiting Corot, he received Corot’s guidance and instructions. In the mid-1960s, Pissarro attended Salon exhibition by himself as Corot’s student. His drawing style was under the influence of Corot until the 1970s. In the pieces he painted, I can clearly feel that he used Corot's expressional skill and composition
He studied at the Academy Savary near Paris. He was a young student with an admiration for French artists. At the age of seventeen, Monsieur Savary gave him some drawing advices like paint from nature. His father didn’t approve of him being an artist. Instead of that, he wanted Pissarro to be a cargo clerk in his business. Out of his love for art, Pissarro used his every break time for practicing drawing. At the age of 25 on the International Exposition, Pissarro was attracted to the Corot landscapes from Barbizon, which determined his lifelong artistic path of landscape painting. Afterwards, he went to a special trip visiting Corot, he received Corot’s guidance and instructions. In the mid-1960s, Pissarro attended Salon exhibition by himself as Corot’s student. His drawing style was under the influence of Corot until the 1970s. In the pieces he painted, I can clearly feel that he used Corot's expressional skill and composition