A few years before his death, he would even express "I remain, with Sisley, as a tail of Impressionism."
A sincere friend, always willing to give good advice, Pissarro was aware that his work would never make as much of an impression as that of his companions Monet, Renoir or Degas. A few years before his death, he would even express "I remain, with Sisley, as a tail of Impressionism." (1895). Anarchist in the soul, his friendships with Renoir and Degas (openly anti-Semitic) were broken when the Dreyfus Affair occurred in 1894.