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2021 Virgin Islands History Month - Camille Pissarro

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Camille Pissarro was a Danish-French Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter born on the island of St Thomas. His importance resides in his contributions to both Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. His father sent him to Paris, France, from 1842 to 1847 to receive his early education at a boarding school in Passy, a small village near Paris. Camille's father did not want his son to be a painter; however, Camille advocated for his passion and became a painter by profession. As a painter, Camille Pissarro is referred to as "revolutionary: through his artistic portrayal of the ordinary person. Camille Pissarro work consistently focused on pointing individuals in natural settings without artifice or grandeur

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