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Camille Pissarro
Self-Portrait, oil on canvas by Camille Pissarro, 1873; in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
Camille Pissarro pursued his artistic education in Paris through several institutions and informal arrangements:
- Ăcole des Beaux-Arts: He began attending private classes at this institution in 1856.1
- Académie Suisse: He attended this "free studio," where he met fellow artists such as Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne, and Armand Guillaumin.1
- The Louvre: In 1861, he registered as a copyist at the Louvre, a practice he had begun visiting during his earlier schooling in Passy.12
Additionally, Pissarro received informal instruction from the painter Camille Corot, who encouraged him to paint directly from nature, and he was mentored by Anton Melbye, often identifying himself as a "Pupil of A. Melbye" during his early exhibitions.1