1830 - 1903 Camille Jacob Pissarro is born in St. Thomas (Danish
West Indies) on July 10. Accompanies the Danish painter, Fritz
Melbye, to Caracas, where he paints his first watercolours.
Leaves St. Thomas permanently to settle in France, where he
studies painting at the École des Beaux-Arts and the Académie
Suisse. Meets Camille Corot. Sets up a studio in Paris. Makes
the acquaintance of Claude Monet, initiating a long lasting
friendship. A first canvas is accepted by the jury of the Salon,
where Pissarro will also exhibit in 1864, 1865, 1866, 1868, 1869
and 1870. Beginning of his relationship with Julie Vellay, who
will become his wife and the mother of his seven children. Meets
Paul Cézanne. Exhibits at the Salon des Refusés with Cézanne and
others. Birth of his first son, Lucien, the child with whom he
will be most closely involved in artistic matters. Shows at the
Salon and presents himself as a "student of Corot," from whom he
very soon distances himself. Settles with his family at the
Hermitage, Pontoi