Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
French landscape and portrait painter and printmaker in etching (1796-1875) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (16 July 1796 – 22 February 1875) was a French landscape and portrait painter as well as a printmaker in etching.
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Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot | |
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Born | Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796-07-16)July 16, 1796 Paris |
Died | February 22, 1875(1875-02-22) (aged 78) Paris |
Nationality | French |
Known for | Painting, printmaking |
Movement | Realism, Romanticism |
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He is a key figure in landscape painting, and painted many works. He was in the Neo-Classical tradition, but he anticipated the "en plein air" (painting outside in front of the scenery) of impressionism.