Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

French landscape and portrait painter and printmaker in etching (1796-1875) · France · Artists · Died at 78

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Corot painted the bridge between two epochs: his landscapes held one foot in Neo-Classical rigor and the other in the light-chasing experiments that would become Impressionism, making him the hinge on which 19th-century painting turned.

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1875Died22 February 18751872Knight of the Order of LeopoldAward1867Officer of the Legion of HonourAward1865“I thank heaven that I was born in the same century as this remarkable artist [= Daubigny ].”In their wordsa remark c. 1865; as quoted in Corot, Gary Tinterow, Michael Pantazzi, Vincent Pomarède - Galeries nationales du Grand Palais (France),Read the whole statement

1857“You know, a landscape painter's day is delightful. You get up early, at three o'clock in the morning, before sunrise; you go and sit under a tree; you watch and wait.”In their wordsCorot's description of the beginning of a day in Switzerland, Château de Gruyères, 1857; as quoted in Letters of the great artists - fromRead the whole statement

1856“Be guided by feeling alone. We are only simple mortals, subject to error; so listen to the advice of others, but follow only what you understand and can unite in your own feeling.”In their wordsQuote from Corot's 'Notebooks', ca. 1856, as quoted in Artists on Art - from the 14th - 20th centuries, ed. by Robert Goldwater and MarcoRead the whole statement

1850“I am never in a hurry to reach details.”In their wordsQuote from Corot's 'Notebooks', ca. 1850, as quoted in Artists on Art - from the 14th - 20th centuries, ed. by Robert Goldwater and MarcoRead the whole statement

1842“I am staying on in Geneva, this charming city. With each step I discover delightful motives. How pleasant it is to work here.”In their wordsJuly 1842Quote in a letter to his friend, the painter Paul Tavernier, Geneva, July 1842; ; as quoted in 'Corot', Gary Tinterow, Michael Pantazzi,Read the whole statement

1828“The first two things to study are form and values. For me, these are the bases of what is serious art. Color and finish put charm into one’s work..”In their wordsQuote from Corot's 'Notebooks', ca. 1828, as quoted in Artists on Art - from the 14th - 20th centuries, ed. by Robert Goldwater and MarcoRead the whole statement

1796Born16 July 1796

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I thank heaven that I was born in the same century as this remarkable artist [= Daubigny ].
1865, a remark c. 1865; as quoted in Corot, Gary Tinterow, Michael Pantazzi, Vincent Pomarède - Galeries nationales du Grand Palais (France),, Own words
You know, a landscape painter's day is delightful. You get up early, at three o'clock in the morning, before sunrise; you go and sit under a tree; you watch and wait.
1857, Corot's description of the beginning of a day in Switzerland, Château de Gruyères, 1857; as quoted in Letters of the great artists - from, Own words
Be guided by feeling alone. We are only simple mortals, subject to error; so listen to the advice of others, but follow only what you understand and can unite in your own feeling.
1856, Quote from Corot's 'Notebooks', ca. 1856, as quoted in Artists on Art - from the 14th - 20th centuries, ed. by Robert Goldwater and Marco, Own words

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Awards

Knight of the Order of Leopold1872

Officer of the Legion of Honour1867

Knight of the Legion of Honour

About this person

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot was born in Paris on 16 July 1796 and spent most of his long life working in oils, etching, and above all the landscape tradition he would quietly reinvent. Where his predecessors composed nature indoors from memory, Corot began working outside, watching the real play of light on leaves and water. His vast output - hundreds of canvases - carried the formal discipline of Neo-Classicism into something looser and more atmospheric, a style that pointed directly toward the plein-air revolution the Impressionists would make explicit a generation later. He died in Paris on 22 February 1875, having painted the hinge between two worlds.

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