Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (16 July 1796 – 22 February 1875) was a French landscape and portrait painter  as well as a printmaker in etching. 

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.


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 Over 600 works by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot 
 Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot at the WebMuseum

Category:1796 births
Category:1875 deaths
Category:Artists from Paris
Category:French painters
Category:Engravers