Paul Camille Guigou (15 February 1834 – 21 December 1871) was a French landscape painter.
Guigou was born inVillars, Vaucluse in a wealthy family of farmers and notaries. He studied painting inApt and later withÉmile Loubon inMarseille. From 1854 to 1861, he worked as a notary clerk in Marseille. In 1863, after Loubon's death, he left Marseille for Paris, where he lived for most of his life. He frequentedCafé Guerbois, a regular location of many future impressionist painters.
Guigou painted mostlyProvence landscapes using oil and watercolour. His early art was influenced by Loubon, and later by theBarbizon school andGustave Courbet. He did not gain widespread recognition during his lifetime, and was often met with indifference at public exhibitions. Unable to survive financially from his own paintings, he also worked as an art tutor and critic.
He died inParis at the age of 37 from astroke. After his death, his pieces generally fell from the public eye for around thirty years until the Centennial Exposition of French Art in 1900, where he was rediscovered. His paintings can be found on public display in Paris and Marseille.
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