カリブ海のセント・トーマス島（今の米領ヴァージン諸島）に生まれ、25歳ごろパリに出て画家になりました。農村の風景や働く人々、そして晩年はホテルの窓から見下ろしたパリの大通りを描きました。やさしく面倒見のよい人がらで、セザンヌやゴーギャンに絵を教え、印象派の仲間をまとめる「お父さん」のような存在でした。
Pissarro was born on the Caribbean island of St Thomas, now part of the US Virgin Islands. At about 25, he moved to Paris to become a painter. He painted country landscapes and working people. In his later years, he painted the busy boulevards of Paris from hotel windows. He was kind and caring. He taught Cézanne and Gauguin and was like a father to the Impressionist group.
