Additional information
| Artist | Corot |
|---|---|
| Nationality | French |
| Category | Barbizon, European |
ArtistCorot, Jean Baptiste Camille
Artist Years1796-1875
Artist NationalityFrench
TitleIn the Dunes: Souvenir of the Woods at the Hague
Year1869
MediumPrint > Etching
DimensionsPlate: 4.7 X 7.5 inches
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Catalog ReferenceDelteil 9ii
Description
Etching, unsigned, printed on fine-grained, pale-cream wove paper.
Accession NumberRC2238
NotesAn extraordinarily innovative printmaker who mastered a variety of graphic media (etching, lithography, and cliché-verre or glass printing), Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (1796 - 1875) broke away from the dominant neo-classical and romantic traditions of the period, evolving toward a more naturalistic approach, while retaining a certain reserved, yet lyrical verve. As the guiding force behind the Barbizon School beginning in the 1830s, and a noteworthy precursor of impressionism, he pioneered the idea of working out-of-doors, rendering atmosphere, while his youthful travels across Italy (between 1825 and 1828, again in 1834, and a third visit in 1843) gave him a taste for airy light as well as poetic effect: his freely handled landscapes, ever enlivened with tiny figures, almost seem to breathe.
(source: Les Maitres des Arts Graphiques)