Camille (Jean-Baptiste) Corot

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (1796-1875) was a leading painter of the Barbizon school of Franc. In his paintings, Corot combined Neo Classical techniques with more modern ideas that he had absorbed from Impressionism. Corot was considered a great master by the Impressionists, and mostly by Claude Monet. Corot was admired and respected by generations of artists that followed.  He was so popular in fact, that Corot is said to be the most forged of all painters.

Corot was a prolific artist who is best known for both his magnificent landscapes and his outstanding figure paintings. Corot's painting style had changed over the years. His oil paintings from early years are more realistic, with strict and defined outlines, whereas his later works are characterized by more smooth and fluid brush strokes.

Corot's paintings are often lyrical, and are filled with poetry and mystic. In so, Corot charges the landscapes and the portraits he paints with metaphysical atmosphere.  His landscapes often appear nostalgic and are adored to this very day by art fans all over the worlds.