Camille Pissarro was born July 10, 1830 on an island in the Caribbean, Danish west indies. He was sent to a boarding school in France at the age of twelve. This is where the director told him to take 'advantage of his life in the tropics by drawing coconut trees' after seeing his interest in art. So when he returned home in 1847, whenever he had spare time, he would draw sketches of all of his surroundings. He would observe and sketch the boats sailing, and water crashing on the rocks.
He eventually decided to run away to Venezuela, accompanied by Fritz Melbye, and worked as an artist there for two years. Once Camille settled in France in 1855, he became one of the founders of impressionism, along with other famous artists like Cézanne and Monet. Eventually, he decided to begin painting in the pointillist technique, and some of his painting are created purely out of dotting and few straight lines. This technique was said to be very mathematical. He sadly died on November 13, 1903 at the age of 73.


La Route de versailles a Louveciennes
1869







Washing day at Éragny
1901