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Which artists influenced Camille Pissarro when he arrived in Paris?

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Camille Pissarro: Self-Portrait — Camille Pissarro *Self-Portrait*, oil on canvas by Camille Pissarro, 1873; in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris.

Upon arriving in Paris, Camille Pissarro was significantly influenced by the landscape painter Camille Corot. Corot provided informal instruction and encouraged Pissarro to paint directly from nature, a practice that shaped Pissarro’s early compositions, which often featured figures viewed from the back and a river or path receding in perspective.1

Additionally, Pissarro found early guidance from Anton Melbye, the brother of the marine painter Fritz Melbye; Pissarro even identified himself as a "Pupil of A. Melbye" when he first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1859.1

While attending the Académie Suisse, Pissarro also met several artists who would become central figures in the Impressionist movement, including Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne, and Armand Guillaumin. Through his association with Monet, he further connected with Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Alfred Sisley.1