Which Impressionist painter was born in the Caribbean island of St. Thomas?

Camille Pissarro was the Impressionist painter born on the Caribbean island of St. Thomas.

Pissarro was born on July 10, 1830, in Charlotte Amalie, then part of the Danish West Indies. He was the son of a Sephardic Jewish merchant and later became a Danish and French citizen. His Caribbean upbringing preceded his move to France, where he developed into a central figure in modern painting.

Pissarro participated in all eight Impressionist exhibitions held between 1874 and 1886, making him the movement’s only artist to do so. He painted rural landscapes, peasant life and, later, busy Parisian streets. St. Thomas can be confused with other Caribbean birthplaces associated with artists, but Pissarro’s birthplace was specifically the island now known as the U.S. Virgin Islands.