LANDSCAPE By Corot, 1796-1875. J EAN BAPTISTE CAMILLE COROT was born at Paris, July 20,1796. He received an ordinary education at Rouen, and was then apprenticed to a Paris draper, where he worked until he was twenty-six. It was evident from childhood that he was a born artist. His father tried to repress his genius from prudential reasons, but failing in this purpose guaranteed him a modest pension. On this pension he lived for thirty years, working early and late. He sent his first picture to the Salon in 1827. He was one of the most poetical of the naturalistic painters. Corot's original pictures were not appreciated outside of artistic circles for many years, but his influence on French Art was marked and permanent. He died in Paris, Feb. 23, 1875. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OLIVER J. THATCHER Author "Europe in the Middle Ages," "A Short Church." UNIVERSITY RESEARCH EXTENSION NEW YORK LONDON CHICAGO LANDSCAPE By Corot, 1796-1875. EAN BAPTISTE CAMILLE COROT was born at Paris, July 20,1796. He received an ordinary education at Rouen, and was then apprenticed to a Paris draper, where he worked until he was twenty-six. It was evident from childhood that he was a born artist. His father tried to repress his genius from prudential reasons, but failing in this purpose guaranteed him a modest pension. On this pension he lived for thirty years, working early and late. He sent his first picture to the Salon in 1827. He was one of the most poetical of the naturalistic painters, Corot's original pictures were not appreciated outside of artistic circles for many years, but his influence on French Art was marked and permanent. He died in Paris, Feb. 23, 1875. THE LIBRARY OF ORIGINAL SOURCES EDITORS EDITION EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OLIVER J. THATCHER Author "Europe in the Middle Ages," "A Short UNIVERSITY RESEARCH EXTENSION NEW YORK LONDON CHICAGO |
