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=== Political thought === Pissarro was involved in anarchist circles and held strong views of egalitarianism.<ref name=":1" /> Pissarro was a subscriber to the radical anarchist publication [[Le RΓ©voltΓ©]] and was in consistent communication with leading anarchist theorizer [[Jean Grave]] as well as fellow anarchist artists such as [[Paul Signac]] and [[Henri-Edmond Cross]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Herbert |first=Robert L. |last2=Herbert |first2=Eugenia W. |date=1960 |title=Artists and Anarchism: Unpublished Letters of Pissarro, Signac and Others β II |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/873160 |journal=The Burlington Magazine |volume=102 |issue=693 |pages=517β522 |issn=0007-6287}}</ref> His political philosophies also motivated some of his art.<ref name=":2" /> For instance, in 1889, Pissarro created an album of 30 drawings titled Turpitudes Sociales, using a style of caricature and allegory to critique modern societal issues.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last=Berg |first=Hubert van den |date=1991 |title=Pissarro and Anarchism |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/4289126 |journal=History Workshop |issue=32 |pages=226β228 |issn=0309-2984}}</ref> The purpose of the album was political, Pissarro created the album as a gift for his niece aiming to solidify her anarchist tendencies.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Thomson |first=Richard |date=2016 |title=Camille Pissarro's 'Turpitudes sociales' revisited, part I: politics, caricature and family tensions in 1889 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43858729 |journal=The Burlington Magazine |volume=158 |issue=1357 |pages=276β282 |issn=0007-6287}}</ref>
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