Additional information
| Artist | Corot |
|---|---|
| Country | French |
| Region | European |
ArtistCorot, Jean Baptiste Camille
Artist Years1796-1875
Artist NationalityFrench
TitleSouvenir de Toscane
Year1845
MediumPrint > Etching
DimensionsPlate: 4.7 X 6.9 inches
Catalog ReferenceDelteil 1 v/V
Description
Etching, unsigned, with engraved title and credits below the image, printed on felt-finish, cream laid paper, 1.1 – 1.5 inch margins. Published in the Gazette des Beaux Arts, Paris, 1 April 1875.
Accession NumberRC1795
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)