Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Green Worlds

Beach near Entretat
c. 1872

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot painted and drew the world he saw in the middle of the 19th century. He did not see factories or poverty. He saw forests and seashores.

Eel Gatherers
c. 1860-65

Landscape near Volterra
1838

Orpheus leading  Eurydice (cliche verre)
1871

Sappho (lithograph)
1871

The Lonely Tower (lithograph)
1871

Rocks in the Forest of Fontainebleau
c. 1860-65

Morning
c. 1855-60

Twilight
c. 1855-60

Reading beneath the Trees (lithograph)
1874

Italian Landscape (etching)
c. 1865

Hide and Seek (cliche verre)
1858

Self Portrait (cliche verre)
1858

Ville d'Avray
c. 1865

Some of the French trees painted by Corot are indeed still living today, though the memory of their brief youthful fame has been lost.