Camille Pissarro (Antilles, 1830 - Paris, 1903). Always searching for new means of expression, Pissarro was one of the most innovative of the Impressionists. A painter of sunshine and the scintillating play of light, Pissarro produced many quiet rural landscapes and river scenes. He also painted street scenes in Paris, Le Havre and London. Camille Pissarro was actively painting up until the end of his life. When he died in 1903 in Paris, at the age of 73, he had finally gain recognition.

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