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Camille Pissarro
Self-Portrait, oil on canvas by Camille Pissarro, 1873; in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
During his time in London between 1870 and 1871, Camille Pissarro lived in the suburb of Lower Norwood, where he focused on capturing the local environment. Rather than painting specific landmarks, he dedicated his work to studying the atmospheric effects of fog, snow, and the arrival of springtime in the area.1
While he did produce a painting titled The Crystal Palace, London (1871) depicting the newly emerging suburbs, his primary artistic interest during this period was the landscape of Lower Norwood. Pissarro noted that he and his colleague Claude Monet were both enthusiastic about the London landscape, with Monet focusing his efforts on the city's parks.1