Person    | Male  Born 10/7/1830  Died 13/11/1903

Camille Pissarro

French Impressionist painter. Born in the Danish West Indies (now the Virgin Islands) to a French father, a merchant, and Creole mother. With Danish nationality he avoided the Prussian invasion of France by moving with his family to London in 1870. Stayed with a relative in Westwood Hill, Upper Norwood (now known as Crystal Palace) for several years. Father of Lucien. Died Paris.

More information on Pissarro's visits to London can be found on Raphael Samuel's History Centre.

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Camille Pissarro

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Anarchists

This art work is in the style of Donald Rooum. He was the Anarchists' self-ef...

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Camille Pissarro - Kew

Camille Pissarro (1830 - 1903) French impressionist, stayed here in 1892.

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Camille Pissarro - SE19

Camille Pissarro (1830 - 1903) impressionist painter, stayed on this site 187...

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Lucien Pissarro - Epping

A custom-made plaque, but nonetheless a very attractive one.

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