Editing Camille Pissarro (section)

===Paris Salon and Corot's influence===

His initial paintings were in accord with the standards at the time to be displayed at the Paris [[Salon (Paris)|Salon]], the official body whose academic traditions dictated the kind of art that was acceptable. The Salon's annual exhibition was essentially the only marketplace for young artists to gain exposure. As a result, Pissarro worked in the traditional and prescribed manner to satisfy the tastes of its official committee.<ref name=Masters/>

In 1859 his first painting was accepted and exhibited. His other paintings during that period were influenced by [[Camille Corot]], who tutored him.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.artknowledgenews.com/Pissarro |title=Pissarro Exhibition PowerPoint with sound |access-date=29 October 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091231033741/http://artknowledgenews.com/Pissarro |archive-date=31 December 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He and Corot shared a love of rural scenes painted from nature. It was by Corot that Pissarro was inspired to paint outdoors, also called "[[plein air]]" painting. Pissarro found Corot, along with the work of [[Gustave Courbet]], to be "statements of pictorial truth," writes Rewald. He discussed their work often. [[Jean-François Millet]] was another whose work he admired, especially his "sentimental renditions of rural life".<ref name=Rewald/>{{rp|12}}