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  • NAME: Camille Pissarro
  • OCCUPATION: Painter
  • BIRTH DATE: July 10, 1830
  • DEATH DATE: November 13, 1903
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands
  • PLACE OF DEATH: Paris, France
  • Full Name: Jacob-Abraham-Camille Pissarro
  • AKA: Camille Pissarro

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Camille Pissarro was a French landscape artist best known for his influence on Impressionist and Postimpressionist painting.


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In his later years, Pissarro suffered from a recurring eye infection that prevented him from working outdoors during much of the year. As a result of this disability, he often painted while looking out the window of a hotel room. Pissarro died in Paris on November 13, 1903, and is buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery.

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