Movement, Style, School or Type of Art:
Realism, Barbizon School
Date and Place of Birth:
July 17, 1796, Paris, France
Life:
Corot was one of those rare, happy artists who had discretionary income and a financially supportive family. Free to concentrate on making (not selling) art, he moved through a variety of styles, becoming ever more spontaneous in his composition, brushwork and emotive "feel," and pure in his color palette. Associated with the Barbizon School, he is, naturally, best known for his landscapes. Additionally, his work is not incorrectly credited as being an immediate precursor of Impressionism.
Important Works:
- View the Forest of Fontainebleau, 1831
- View of Avray, 1840
- Morning, the Dance of the Nymphs, ca. 1850
- The Harbor of La Rochelle, 1851
Date and Place of Death:
February 22, 1875, Paris, France
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