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Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot |
French, 1796-1875 |
Oil on canvas |
22 x 15 inches |
Acquisition: This painting originally belonged to Mr. Samuel Cupples. It was
presented to Cupples House as a gift of Mr. and Mrs. Vietor Davis. |
Known as a French Realist painter, Corot strongly influenced the development of landscape
paintings. He created this work, titled simply Landscape, somewhere between 1860-1873.
Corot entered the studio of Achille Etna Michallon in the early 1820s and received training
in the painting of classical landscapes, but his work reflects a significant departure from
academic tradition. Corot's students included such artists as Alfred Sisley, Camille Pissarro,
Berthe Morisot, Stanislas Lepine, Adolphe Appian and Dagnan-Bouveret. Well-loved by his students
and peers alike, Corot was a benevolent man, who generously bestowed both time and money.
Today, the art world appreciates Corot for portraying very different types of landscapes: a
lyrical and romantic, almost poetic, representation of nature. His work is exhbited in New York's
Metropolitan Museum and the Church of Saint-Nicolas-du-Chardonnet in Paris.
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