(July 17, 1796 - February 22, 1875) was a French landscape painter and printmaker in etching. Corot was the leading painter of the Barbizon school of France in the mid-nineteenth century. He is a pivotal figure in landscape painting and his vast output simultaneously references the Neo-Classical tradition and anticipates the plein-air innovations of Impressionism. (July 17, 1796 - February 22, 1875) was a French landscape painter and printmaker in etching. Corot was the leading painter of the Barbizon school of France in the mid-nineteenth century. He is a pivotal figure in landscape painting and his vast output simultaneously references the Neo-Classical tradition and anticipates the plein-air innovations of Impressionism. (English)
Castelgandolfo Oljemålning Nr:: 87561 new25/Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot-588787.jpg
Date c. 1826(1826)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 36,3 x 28,3 cm
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Portrait of Octavie Sennegon, the artist's niece Oljemålning Nr:: 88949 new25/Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot-335366.jpg
1833(1833)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions Deutsch: 35 x 29,5 cm
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