L'atelier de Corot. Jeune femme assise devant un chevalet.

1848

After the Revolution of 1848, a seat on the Salon jury

Corot's public treatment improved dramatically after the Revolution of 1848, when he was admitted to the Salon jury; that year he also received a second-class medal at the Salon. It brought him little state patronage, however.

1851

Death of his mother, Marie-Françoise Corot

In 1851 Corot's mother, Marie-Françoise (1768–1851), née Oberson, died.

1862–1863

Painting outdoors at Bussac-sur-Charente with Courbet

In 1862 and 1863 Corot and his friend Gustave Courbet went to paint outdoors at Bussac-sur-Charente, working with Hippolyte Pradelle and Louis-Augustin Auguin and forming the short-lived “Port-Berteau group”.

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.

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