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Camille Corot (1796 to 1875) is considered to be one of the most important landscape painters of his time, and he also created remarkable portraits of women.
After an apprenticeship in the cloth trade, Corot decided to become a painter at the age of 26. Throughout his life he was in close contact with the painters of his epoch, whom he also supported materially.
Light colours dominate the landscape paintings of the French painter. As a member of the "School of Barbizon" he felt obliged to a realistic depiction of nature, but at the same time his pictures appear extraordinarily harmonious. This is due to the fact that he largely refrained from dramatic moments in favour of a factual and yet graceful depiction of landscape, as in the painting "The Pâquis quay in Geneva" or "The outer harbour of La Rochelle". The latter painting in particular already recalls the impressive simplicity of a Giorgio Morandi (1890 to 1964).
Corot is regarded as a pioneer of Impressionism, his portrait of a woman, "The Beautiful Girl of Gascony" even shows remarkable similarities to Pablo Picasso's depictions of women in the twenties.
Corot was also a contemporary of >William Turner, who is also considered a pioneer of modernity. A greater contrast than that between the exuberantly expressive Turner and the reduced impressionistic Corot can hardly be imagined, yet both refer in their own individual way far ahead to 20th century art.
Camille Corot (1796 to 1875) is considered to be one of the most important landscape painters of his time, and he also created remarkable portraits of women.
After an apprenticeship in the cloth trade, Corot decided to become a painter at the age of 26. Throughout his life he was in close contact with the painters of his epoch, whom he also supported materially.
Light colours dominate the landscape paintings of the French painter. As a member of the "School of Barbizon" he felt obliged to a realistic depiction of nature, but at the same time his pictures appear extraordinarily harmonious. This is due to the fact that he largely refrained from dramatic moments in favour of a factual and yet graceful depiction of landscape, as in the painting "The Pâquis quay in Geneva" or "The outer harbour of La Rochelle". The latter painting in particular already recalls the impressive simplicity of a Giorgio Morandi (1890 to 1964).
Corot is regarded as a pioneer of Impressionism, his portrait of a woman, "The Beautiful Girl of Gascony" even shows remarkable similarities to Pablo Picasso's depictions of women in the twenties.
Corot was also a contemporary of >William Turner, who is also considered a pioneer of modernity. A greater contrast than that between the exuberantly expressive Turner and the reduced impressionistic Corot can hardly be imagined, yet both refer in their own individual way far ahead to 20th century art.