24 moments

1. Birth in Charlotte Amalie

   1830-07-10 · Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas, Danish West Indies

   

   Camille Pissarro was born in Charlotte Amalie, on Saint Thomas in the Danish West Indies. Coordinates represent central Charlotte Amalie.

2. Boarding school at Passy

   1842-01-01 · Passy, Paris, France

   

   At age twelve, Pissarro left Saint Thomas for boarding school at the Savary Academy in Passy, near Paris, where he received instruction in drawing and painting. Coordinates represent the Passy quarter; the academy's exact site is not specified.

3. Artistic work in Caracas

   1853-01-01 · Caracas, Venezuela

   

   Pissarro accompanied Fritz Melbye to Caracas, where he made drawings and watercolours during his formative Venezuelan period. The source gives a 1853–1855 Caracas period; this card is dated to its first documented year.

4. Return to Paris

   1855-01-01 · Paris, France

   

   Pissarro returned to Paris to establish himself as an artist, working with Anton Melbye and pursuing study in the French capital. Coordinates represent central Paris.

5. Outdoor painting at Montmorency

   1859-01-01 · Montmorency, Val-d'Oise, France

   Pissarro painted outdoors at Montmorency; a work from this locality became his first painting accepted at the Paris Salon. The source identifies 1859 as the year of the Salon acceptance and identifies Montmorency as where he painted outdoors.

6. Move to Pontoise

   1866-01-01 · Pontoise, Val-d'Oise, France

   

   Pissarro moved with Julie Vellay and their children to Pontoise, a major base for his work and friendships with fellow artists. Coordinates represent central Pontoise.

7. Move to Louveciennes

   1869-01-01 · Louveciennes, Yvelines, France

   

   The Pissarro family relocated to Louveciennes, where Pissarro developed paintings of the village and the road to Versailles. Coordinates represent central Louveciennes.

8. Wartime exile in Upper Norwood

   1870-01-01 · Upper Norwood, London, England, United Kingdom

   

   Following the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War, Pissarro and his family fled to south London. He made a group of paintings during this period of exile. Coordinates represent Upper Norwood; the cited source dates the exile from late 1870 to mid-1871.

9. Marriage in Croydon

   1871-01-01 · Croydon, England, United Kingdom

   

   Pissarro married Julie Vellay in Croydon during the family’s English exile. Coordinates represent central Croydon.

10. Return to Louveciennes after the war

    1871-01-01 · Louveciennes, Yvelines, France

    After the war ended, Pissarro returned to Louveciennes and found that his studio and much of his property had been destroyed. The source specifies spring after the 1870–1871 war; the card is year-precise only.

11. Postwar residence at Pontoise

    1872-01-01 · Pontoise, Val-d'Oise, France

    Pissarro resumed life at Pontoise after the war and used the town and surrounding Oise valley as a sustained base for painting. This card marks the beginning of the documented 1872–1884 residence.

12. Move from Pontoise to Osny

    1882-01-01 · Osny, Val-d'Oise, France

    

    Pissarro left Pontoise for Osny before subsequently moving onward to the Éragny-Bazincourt area. The source documents Osny as an intermediate move in 1882.

13. Settlement at Éragny-sur-Epte

    1884-04-01 · Éragny-sur-Epte, Oise, France

    

    Pissarro and his family settled at Éragny-sur-Epte, which became his principal home and the setting for much of his final nineteen years of work. Coordinates represent central Éragny-sur-Epte.

14. Visit to London

    1890-01-01 · Central London, England, United Kingdom

    

    Pissarro returned to England and painted approximately ten views of central London. Coordinates represent central London; the source does not identify one specific London site.

15. Painting at Kew

    1892-01-01 · Kew Gardens, Richmond upon Thames, London, England, United Kingdom

    

    During another English visit, Pissarro painted in Kew Gardens and at Kew Green. Coordinates identify Kew Gardens; Kew Green is nearby.

16. Arrival for Rouen port series

    1896-01-20 · Rouen, Normandy, France

    

    Pissarro arrived for his second extended stay in Rouen and began a major group of harbor and bridge paintings from hotel rooms. Coordinates represent central Rouen; the source identifies his room at the Hôtel de Paris but does not provide an address.

17. Painting at Stamford Brook

    1897-01-01 · Stamford Brook, London, England, United Kingdom

    

    Pissarro returned to London and made paintings in the Stamford Brook area, including a view of Bath Road. Coordinates represent Stamford Brook; the source distinguishes the nearby Bath Road view.

18. Rouen hotel-window campaign

    1898-01-01 · Rouen, Normandy, France

    

    Pissarro returned to Rouen in 1898 and painted changing atmospheric views of the port from hotel windows. Coordinates represent central Rouen; the specific hotel is not named in this passage.

19. Move to Place Dauphine apartment

    1900-01-01 · 28 Place Dauphine, Paris, France

    

    Pissarro moved into a rented apartment at 28 Place Dauphine, which he used during three extended Paris visits and from which he painted views over the Seine. Coordinates represent Place Dauphine on the Île de la Cité.

20. Winter painting from Place Dauphine

    1902-01-01 · 28 Place Dauphine, Paris, France

    During his second Place Dauphine stay, Pissarro painted his winter series of Paris views from the apartment window. The source dates the painting to the early months of 1902 and identifies it with Pissarro's second stay.

21. Second stay in Dieppe

    1902-07-10 · Dieppe, Normandy, France

    

    Pissarro undertook a productive second stay in Dieppe, painting harbor scenes while lodged at the Hôtel du Commerce. Coordinates represent central Dieppe; the source dates the stay from 10 July to 30 September 1902.

22. Spring hotel stay on Quai Voltaire

    1903-01-01 · Quai Voltaire, Paris, France

    In spring 1903, Pissarro temporarily moved into a hotel on Quai Voltaire, using his room to paint the Pont Royal and the Louvre's Pavillon de Flore. Coordinates represent Quai Voltaire; the hotel name and street number are not supplied.

23. Final port-painting stay at Le Havre

    1903-07-01 · Le Havre, Normandy, France

    

    Pissarro settled in Le Havre from early July to mid-September, painting a final port series from his hotel room. Coordinates represent central Le Havre; the cited source gives a July-to-mid-September stay.

24. Death in Paris

    1903-11-13 · Paris, France

    

    Pissarro died in Paris from sepsis caused by a prostate abscess, aged seventy-three. Coordinates represent central Paris; the source does not specify the death address.