Landschap met bomen in omgeving van Rome
1866
Medium
etching
Dimensions
239; 316
About this artwork
height 316 mm x width 239 mm
Art Historical Context
Camille Corot's *Landschap met bomen omgeving van Rome* ( with Trees in the Environs of Rome), created in 1866, the artist's enduring fascination with Italy's luminous landscapes. A master of the Barbizon school a bridge to Impressionism,ot made multiple trips to Rome beginning in the 1820s, where he sketched en plein air, absorbing the soft light and ancient vistas that defined his poetic style. This etching, 316 mm high by 239 mm wide, reflects his late-career refinement, distilling Roman countryside scenes into intimate, evocative compositions. Etching, Corot's favored printmaking medium, ...
About the Artist
Camille Corot · 1796–1875
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, born in Paris on July 16, 1796, into a prosperous bourgeois family—his father a former wig maker turned draper, his mother a successful milliner—initially resisted his artistic calling. After a lackluster education at the Lycée Pierre-Corneille in Rouen and failed apprenticeships in business, he abandoned commerce at age 26, thanks to a generous parental allowance foll...