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Pissarro

American  
[pi-sahr-oh, pee-sa-roh] / pɪˈsɑr oʊ, pi saˈroʊ /

noun

  1. Camille 1830–1903, French painter.


Pissarro British  
/ pɪˈsɑːrəʊ, pisaro /

noun

  1. Camille (kamij). 1830–1903, French impressionist painter, esp of landscapes

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“The Honest Eye” tries to address that by asserting that Pissarro painted exactly what he saw.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 24, 2025

After moving to Paris in 1855, Pissarro took a few private art lessons, then enrolled in an independent drawing school, where he met Monet, among others.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 24, 2025

The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation — which is owned by Spain and holds the Camille Pissarro masterpiece — has claimed that the law is unconstitutional and should therefore be ignored.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 17, 2025

Painting was always ahead of writing in its newness: Monet, Pissarro, Seurat and others stepped out of the 19th century well before it ended.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 14, 2025

They spend the evenings together in cafes in Montmartre with Georges Seurat, Armand Guillaumin, Camille Pissarro and his son, Lucien, and other painter friends who stop by.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

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