100 Great Artists

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JEAN- BAPTISTE CAMILLE COROT

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apprm,ict! to ttudy

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Salon

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At"". Cour"',.

Vi,;" England

Dj" in Pari,

The \\'hedl .. rrow (1881) by Camille Pi"""",

Uh Milk, and 1"M"m;..-, Pi=nu ,b"T<d a pn/otmdmpm for.;:..-Jdng

propl_; mOff tban ,b"" b. ';:a, int-oh-,d in "}Cia/j,, pol;,,,,. Although b,

kMW bard'hip hi"",I! marllUll "",* II "n',," porrr"Y,d aT banb OT

<km'lUIing: >JI .... k j,,, 11w,dnfo/ ugulallJr a/mind and b<Jdy. I flrg" all

"""-""', grj,f, hit"m=/VId I nom jgn(JH ,lit''" aJrug,rb<r in 'k jJy</

""rl:ing .. H=" "",,,IllI pa""I1::irb Il1I anlf/u} of rmr., ,,,,tiff ;;:b"t

mwrtI a rriu'"pbal areb, form,J by 'Il< appJ, rrm

T

he worb "fCamilie Coro ..... nn(.,ize

with .hc..;e of hi. nin .... '''n .... centu'y

F,{"Jlch "","'mllO""ics, ",the, lile .he

man himself, who was. lind and g{"Jle,ous

friend to m.nr. y,~ his.n d ocs 110. "elong ttl all)'

s;ngle c:t.ego,,", dcspitt: his b"" a"lu:tintance

with .he R.rl,iz.on Sch(.~. Origin.llranr!<:1<,1 by

" ........ coIouri" Honingtt)n's lightncs. of touch.

Cow. "''''SrUzed the I. ,,whilities of bnd,cape

p.inting, .nd th .. ther w''I'C 1<10 oft{"Jl ignor,,1 in

fl,,,,,, of. stand.nl cla",ic:tl in''''''p",tt.ion,

Af ...... hi. firS, "i,i. ttl It.lr , which " ... tt,

p",,'e SO cruci.1 to his de,.::lopm{"Jl~ Coro.

p",duced rich tonal work th .. :teIrnowk,lg"!

• he tradi.ions of Pou«;n .nd Churle .nd
  bon"w,,! clementS of R.:lm.n.ici,m. It 1<:'<1 ",
  success in .he S.I<Ils .nd ""en innuenced
  Ce ... nne and .he l"lS •• lmp",ssioni.ts. F'om

.he I 850s on,,""ls, Cow. began to p.in. using

.. m.ny ... wen.y .oneS ,e'r do'" to one

anot he" resulting in • <Ic~c:t.e s;h.::ry look that

m.d" ."". looll>1'liruh,~' .n"",Ii,.::. Co,,,, " ...

gre .. l), .dmi,,,1 br .he Imp,css;onists, .nd

Ilcrthe Morisot b"""mc one of his pupi!. during

the 1860 •.

'..:tmille Pi.s:.orro (1 83 1_1903) " ... bom in

.he \ \\::s. Indies .nd "ri,'''! in P.ris in 1855. lie

m<~ ,\ionc:' ... he Ac.demie Suisse, .nd " ...

inAu<~ced, like moS. }'nmg poin.ctS, b), Co,m

.nd Courhe .. Co,m, ker "hice ttl him " ... to

'''u<~' ligh •• nd ",nal , .. I""" exeru.ion .nd

",10," S;ml~r .dd ch"m', Pis ... ,n, showed ... 11

tight Iml""",i<..,i" exhibitions .nd b"""mc •

,~Iocd m,:n"lI' '0 ' .. hanne and G'1uguin. As

",dJ as .c:tching, he " ... al" .. )'S c:tg ..... '0 k .. rn

new n::chniqucs, such .. Scur.,;; poimilb"m,