His importance resides are not only in his visual contributions to Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, but also in his patriarchal standing among his colleagues, particularly Paul Cezanne and Paul Gauguin.

About Camille Pissarro: The French Painter, Camille Pissarro was born in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, to Abraham Gabriel Pissarro, a Portuguese Sephardic Jew, and Rachel Manzana-Pomie, from the Dominican Republic. Camille Pissarro Paintings are represented in the Caillebotte room at the Luxembourg, and in almost every collection of impressionist paintings.