A Creek in St. Thomas (Virgin Islands)
Camille Pissarro
1856
Medium
oil on academy board
Dimensions
overall: 24.5 x 32.2 cm (9 5/8 x 12 11/16 in.) framed: 37.5 x 45.7 x 4.8 cm (14 3/4 x 18 x 1 7/8 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CF
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Accession Number
1985.64.29
About the Artist
Camille Pissarro · 1831–1903
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) stands as the patriarch of Impressionism, the only artist to exhibit in all eight Impressionist exhibitions and a mentor whose influence shaped the trajectory of modern art. Born Jacob Abraham Camille Pissarro on the Caribbean island of St. Thomas to a Jewish-Portuguese merchant family, he abandoned the family business to pursue painting, eventually settling in Paris i...