Guide to Impressionism | Paintings by Monet, Degas and Renoir
A diverse group of painters, rejected by the art establishment, defiantly set up their own exhibition. They included Monet, Renoir, Pissarro and Degas.
Pissarro
The term 'Impressionist' was first used as an insult in response to an exhibition of new paintings in Paris in 1874. A diverse group of painters, rejected by the art establishment, defiantly set up their own exhibition. They included Monet, Renoir, <anchor>Pissarro</anchor> and Degas.
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# Camille Pissarro

1830 - 1903

![Camille Pissarro](/media/30152/pissarro-camille-c-face-half.jpg?rxy=0.48684210526315791,0.35820895522388058&width=430&bgcolor=fff&v=1d572ebb31449f0)

Image: Detail from Paul Cézanne, Portrait of Pissarro © The Art Archive/Musée d'Orsay, Paris/Alfredo Dagli Orti

Camille Pissarro was born in St Thomas (then a Danish possession) in the West Indies but lived and worked mainly in the Paris area. He visited London in 1870-71. He was an [Impressionist](/paintings/glossary/impressionism) and mainly painted landscapes. He was influenced by [Millet](/artists/jean-francois-millet) and [Corot](/artists/jean-baptiste-camille-corot).

## Paintings by Camille Pissarro

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[![A Wool-Carder](/media/34962/l-0721-00-000004-hd.jpg?rxy=0.49118942731277532,0.32270168855534709&width=576&height=576&v=1d6544cc3ebda70&bgcolor=fff)](/paintings/camille-pissarro-a-wool-carder)

[A Wool-Carder](/paintings/camille-pissarro-a-wool-carder)

[Camille Pissarro](/artists/camille-pissarro)

Not on display


[![Fox Hill, Upper Norwood](/media/34526/n-6351-00-000022-hd.jpg?cc=0.084201388888888881,0,0.15798611111111119,0&width=576&height=576&v=1d654488175d550&bgcolor=fff)](/paintings/camille-pissarro-fox-hill-upper-norwood)

[Fox Hill, Upper Norwood](/paintings/camille-pissarro-fox-hill-upper-norwood)

[Camille Pissarro](/artists/camille-pissarro)

This is one of 12 surviving pictures that Camille Pissarro made while in self-imposed exile in south London from late 1870 to mid-1871 during the Franco-Prussian war. Perhaps the first picture he painted while in London, it is one of the more rural scenes of the group and is similar to landscapes...


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[![Late Afternoon in our Meadow](/media/35508/n-6689-00-000005-hd.jpg?width=576&height=576&v=1d690e6c45941b0&bgcolor=fff)](/paintings/camille-pissarro-late-afternoon-in-our-meadow)

[Late Afternoon in our Meadow](/paintings/camille-pissarro-late-afternoon-in-our-meadow)

[Camille Pissarro](/artists/camille-pissarro)

In 1884 Pissarro settled with his family in the village of Eragny. He painted a number of views of this meadow which is planted with small trees still surrounded by their protective cages. It is late afternoon and the long shadows thrown by the trees radiate out in a fan shape towards the left co...


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[![Portrait of Cezanne](/media/26202/l-0672-00-000002-hd.jpg?rxy=0.52604166666666663,0.34048640915593703&width=576&height=576&v=1d50c01206b4820&bgcolor=fff)](/paintings/camille-pissarro-portrait-of-cezanne)

[Portrait of Cezanne](/paintings/camille-pissarro-portrait-of-cezanne)

[Camille Pissarro](/artists/camille-pissarro)

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[![Portrait of Félix Pissarro](/media/34964/l-0722-00-000003-hd.jpg?rxy=0.36123348017621143,0.35754189944134079&width=576&height=576&v=1d6544cc9957030&bgcolor=fff)](/paintings/camille-pissarro-portrait-of-felix-pissarro)

[Portrait of Félix Pissarro](/paintings/camille-pissarro-portrait-of-felix-pissarro)

[Camille Pissarro](/artists/camille-pissarro)

Not on display


[![The Avenue, Sydenham](/media/34668/n-6493-00-000024-hd.jpg?cc=0.14409722222222224,0,0.20746527777777776,0&width=576&height=576&v=1d65449ed3c34e0&bgcolor=fff)](/paintings/camille-pissarro-the-avenue-sydenham)

[The Avenue, Sydenham](/paintings/camille-pissarro-the-avenue-sydenham)

[Camille Pissarro](/artists/camille-pissarro)

This is one of 12 pictures that Pissarro painted while in self-imposed exile in London from 1870 to 1871 during the Franco-Prussian war. The Avenue was a wide, tree-lined street in Sydenham, a fashionable semi-rural suburb near Crystal Palace in south London. The location can be identified today...


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[![The Boulevard Montmartre at Night](/media/34182/n-4119-00-000024-hd.jpg?cc=0.072916666666666671,0,0.10520833333333353,0.0000000000000001263187085796&width=576&height=576&v=1d8663ba135f080&bgcolor=fff)](/paintings/camille-pissarro-the-boulevard-montmartre-at-night)

[The Boulevard Montmartre at Night](/paintings/camille-pissarro-the-boulevard-montmartre-at-night)

[Camille Pissarro](/artists/camille-pissarro)

This is one of 14 views of the Boulevard Montmartre in Paris that Camille Pissarro painted in 1897. These include the boulevard seen in snow, rain, fog, mist and sunlight, and in the morning, afternoon, at sunset and at night. The picture is the only example of a night painting by Pissarro.Pissar...


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[![The Côte des Bœufs at L'Hermitage](/media/34206/n-4197-00-000021-hd.jpg?cc=0,0.10647596344854986,0,0.13071116408422725&width=576&height=576&v=1d8663d72cdfc90&bgcolor=fff)](/paintings/camille-pissarro-the-cote-des-boeufs-at-l-hermitage)

[The Côte des Bœufs at L'Hermitage](/paintings/camille-pissarro-the-cote-des-boeufs-at-l-hermitage)

[Camille Pissarro](/artists/camille-pissarro)

This wooded hillside, called the Côte des Bœufs, was close to Pissarro’s home in the hamlet of L’Hermitage, near the market town of Pontoise, where he lived for most of the time between 1866 and 1883.Although Pissarro was a leading Impressionist, this painting signals his move away from the fleet...


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[![The Little Country Maid](/media/35135/l-0723-00-000005-hd.jpg?rxy=0.43171806167400884,0.32181818181818184&width=576&height=576&v=1d65457de80a8b0&bgcolor=fff)](/paintings/camille-pissarro-the-little-country-maid)

[The Little Country Maid](/paintings/camille-pissarro-the-little-country-maid)

[Camille Pissarro](/artists/camille-pissarro)

Not on display


[![The Louvre under Snow](/media/34259/n-4671-00-000019-hd.jpg?cc=0.314096066366504,0.1922566082705563,0.12144825465213351,0.14731992820463202&width=576&height=576&v=1d6ac7eeafec430&bgcolor=fff)](/paintings/camille-pissarro-the-louvre-under-snow)

[The Louvre under Snow](/paintings/camille-pissarro-the-louvre-under-snow)

[Camille Pissarro](/artists/camille-pissarro)

In his later years, Pissarro painted several series of paintings based upon views of Paris. Each series was dedicated to a specific location in the city painted at various times of the day and during different seasons and weather conditions. This wintry scene, probably created in the early months...


Not on display


[![The Pork Butcher](/media/34966/l-0724-00-000003-hd.jpg?rxy=0.43832599118942733,0.29981718464351004&width=576&height=576&v=1d6544cce506030&bgcolor=fff)](/paintings/camille-pissarro-the-pork-butcher)

[The Pork Butcher](/paintings/camille-pissarro-the-pork-butcher)

[Camille Pissarro](/artists/camille-pissarro)

Not on display


[![View from Louveciennes](/media/33969/n-3265-00-000017-hd.jpg?cc=0.028425925925925927,0,0.3319907407407407,0&width=576&height=576&v=1d65442e998faa0&bgcolor=fff)](/paintings/camille-pissarro-view-from-louveciennes)

[View from Louveciennes](/paintings/camille-pissarro-view-from-louveciennes)

[Camille Pissarro](/artists/camille-pissarro)

Pissarro and his family moved to Louveciennes in the spring of 1869, and he may have painted this picture shortly afterwards, or possibly in the spring of 1870. Only 30 minutes west of Paris by train, Louveciennes was an important location for early Impressionism, as it was one of the small towns...


[Room 44](/visiting/floorplans/level-2/room-44)

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