Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot | |
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Born | Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot 16 July 1796 Paris, France |
Died | 22 February 1875 Paris, France | (aged 78)
Known for | Painting, printmaking |
Movement | Realism |
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Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (UK: /ˈkɒroʊ/ KORR-oh,[1] US: /kəˈroʊ, kɔːˈroʊ/ kə-ROH, kor-OH,[2][3][4] French: [ʒɑ̃ batist kamij kɔʁo]; 16 July 1796[5] – 22 February 1875), or simply Camille Corot, was a French landscape and portrait painter as well as a printmaker in etching. A pivotal figure in landscape painting, his vast output simultaneously referenced the Neo-Classical tradition and anticipated the plein-air innovations of Impressionism.