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Camille Pissarro
Coconut Palms by the Sea, St. Thomas, 1856
This is one of several pieces Pissarro painted of his birthplace, St. Thomas, after moving to France in 1855. He was essentially self-taught, and Cezanne later commented, "He had the good fortune to be born in the Antilles. There he learned to draw without masters." Nearly twenty years later, Pissarro's interest in the direct observation of nature and light influenced the Impressionist movement. Pissarro is the only Impressionist to have exhibited in each of their eight group shows. |