When the Franco-Prussian war struck in 1870, a struggling painter fled his studio in the Parisian suburbs and boarded a boat sailing across the channel. With his paintbrushes and palettes safely packed away, the refugee artist had his sights set on south east London. Camille Pissarro, forty-years-old when war came, is today considered a huge … Continue reading The French impressionist artist who escaped war ravaged Europe to paint Dulwich and south east London