Tag: Corot

Villeneuve-les-Avignon (1836)

Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Villeneuve-les-Avignon 1836 Oil on canvas, 10-1/4 x 16-1/4 in. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Corot spent the summer of 1836 in southern France, where he and his fellow painters rose early each day to sketch directly from nature.…

Souvenir de Coubron (1872)

Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Souvenir de Coubron (Souvenir of Coubron) 1872 Oil on canvas, 46.4 x 55.7 cm Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest In the wake of the Paris Commune (1871), Corot visited a friend of his in Coubron, a doctor, with whom he…

Le lac de Terni, Souvenir d’Italie (1861)

Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Le lac de Terni, Souvenir d’Italie (The Moored Boatman: Souvenir of an Italian Lake) 1861 Oil on canvas, 60.96 × 90.17 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Terni (Italia)

Le Moulin de la Galette (c.1840-1845)

Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Le Moulin de la Galette c.1840–1845 Oil on paper mounted on canvas, 25.5 x 33.8 cm Musée d’art et d’histoire, Genève This canvas is among the rare Parisian views painted by Corot. It represents “Le Radet”, a mill built…

Jeune femme pensive (1855-1860)

Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Jeune femme pensive (Pensive Young Woman) 1855–1860 Oil on panel mounted to plywood, 31.8 × 23.7 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia While landscapes had become a more lucrative endeavor, Corot continued to paint figures in the studio, mostly out…

Avignon vue de Villeneuve-lès-Avignon (1836)

Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Avignon vue de Villeneuve-lès-Avignon (Avignon from the West) 1836 Oil on canvas, 34 × 73.2 cm National Gallery, London Corot visited the medieval city of Avignon in the south of France several times. This panoramic view of the city…

Les Rochers (1828)

Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Les Rochers (Rocks) 1828 Oil on canvas, 39 x 57.2 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg

Canal en Picardie (c.1865-1871)

Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Canal en Picardie (Canal in Picardy) c.1865–1871 Oil on canvas, 46.7 x 61.6 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo French painter Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot’s The Canal in Picardy depicts a wistful, idyllic scene of springtime in the northern French…