COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
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AMICA ID:
CMA_.2002.14
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CMA_.2002.14
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AMICA Library Year:
2003
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2003
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Object Type:
Prints
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Prints
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Creator Name:
Corot, Jean Baptiste Camille
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Corot, Jean Baptiste Camille
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Creator Nationality:
French
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French
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Creator Role:
artist
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artist
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Creator Dates/Places:
1796 - 1875
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1796 - 1875
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Biography:
Camille Corot's earlier biographers presented him as a naive artist separated from commercial concerns who painted whatever pleased him in the French countryside and from his own emotions. For these writers his importance lay in his loosely painted, atmospheric landscapes, for which later modernists called him the precursor to impressionism. This conception of the artist has undergone significant revision with recent scholarship. Corot never seemed to accept the impressionists' more radical work, especially their enthusiasm for contemporary urban and suburban themes. He represented timeless, rural views disconnected from the industrialization and modernization of nineteenth-century France.Following his father in the clothing trade, Corot worked for eight years before the death of his younger sister in 1821 provided him with the additional income (her annual allowance) to enable him to devote himself to painting. In 1822 he began to study with the landscape painter Achille-Etna Michallo
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Camille Corot's earlier biographers presented him as a naive artist separated from commercial concerns who painted whatever pleased him in the French countryside and from his own emotions. For these writers his importance lay in his loosely painted, atmospheric landscapes, for which later modernists called him the precursor to impressionism. This conception of the artist has undergone significant revision with recent scholarship. Corot never seemed to accept the impressionists' more radical work, especially their enthusiasm for contemporary urban and suburban themes. He represented timeless, rural views disconnected from the industrialization and modernization of nineteenth-century France.Following his father in the clothing trade, Corot worked for eight years before the death of his younger sister in 1821 provided him with the additional income (her annual allowance) to enable him to devote himself to painting. In 1822 he began to study with the landscape painter Achille-Etna Michallo
Biography
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Gender:
M
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M
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Creator Birth Place:
Paris, 17 July 1796
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Paris, 17 July 1796
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Creator Death Place:
Paris, 22 February 1875
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Paris, 22 February 1875
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Creator Name-CRT:
Jean Baptiste Camille Corot
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Jean Baptiste Camille Corot
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Title:
Willows and Poplars
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Willows and Poplars
Title
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Title Type:
Primary
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Primary
Title Type
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Title:
Saules et peupliers blancs
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Saules et peupliers blancs
Title
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Title Type:
Foreign
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Foreign
Title Type
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View:
Full View
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Full View
View
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Creation Date:
1871
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1871
Creation Date
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Creation Start Date:
1871
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1871
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Creation End Date:
1871
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1871
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Materials and Techniques:
lithograph with chine collé
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lithograph with chine collé
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Classification Term:
Print
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Print
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Style or Period:
France, 19th century
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France, 19th century
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Dimensions:
Sheet: 40.4cm x 56.7cm, Chine collé: 25.7cm x 39.4cm
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Sheet: 40.4cm x 56.7cm, Chine collé: 25.7cm x 39.4cm
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AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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ID Number:
2002.14
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2002.14
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Credit Line:
Gift of Robert M. Light in honor of Louise S. Richards
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Gift of Robert M. Light in honor of Louise S. Richards
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Rights:
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<a href="http://www.clevelandart.org/museum/disclaim2.html"target="_new">http://www.clevelandart.org/museum/disclaim2.html</a>
Rights
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Provenance:
Petiet
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Petiet
Provenance
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Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.2002.14.tif
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CMA_.2002.14.tif
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