Camille CorotFrench, 1796–1875Landscape: Woodland Study
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London, United Kingdom
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About the painting
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796-1875) was born in Paris and only at the age of 26 devoted himself to painting. He studied with two pupils of Pierre-Henri Valenciennes (1750-1819), first with Achille Etna Michallon (1796-1822) and later with Jean-Victor Bertin (1767-1842). He spent three years in Italy and specialised in landscape paintings. He enjoyed quickly a great success but the turning-point of his career, however, came with the accession to power of Louis-Napoléon who praised his art with the consequence that collectors and dealers began to be interested in his work.
This painting is considered as a imitation of Corot late period when he painted landscapes only vaguely reminiscent of places. It imitates Corot loose brushwork and sketchy figures almost overwhelmed by nature. The signature in the lower right hand-side is considered as false.
Victoria and Albert Museum
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- P.25-1917
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- Image: Victoria and Albert Museum — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
In the life of Camille Corot
The whole life1865–1875
“Père Corot” of Parisian artists
In his final ten years Corot became the “Père (Father) Corot” of Parisian artistic circles, regarded with personal affection and acknowledged as one of the five or six greatest landscape painters the world had seen, along with Hobbema, Claude Lorrain, Turner and Constable.
1872
A house in Auvers for the blind Daumier
In 1872 Corot bought a house in Auvers as a gift for Honoré Daumier, who by then was blind, without resources and homeless.
1874
Friends present Corot with a gold medal
Despite his great success among artists and collectors, his many friends felt that he had been officially neglected, and in 1874, a short time before his death, they presented him with a gold medal.
1875
10,000 francs for Millet's widow
In 1875 Corot donated 10,000 francs to the widow of Millet in support of her children. His charity was near proverbial.
25 January 1875
Ill with stomach cancer, he returns to Paris
Suffering from stomach cancer, Corot returned to Paris on 25 January 1875. He remained bedridden at No. 56 Rue du Faubourg-Poissonnière until his death.
22 February 1875
Died
