Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796–1875) was a pivotal figure in 19th-century French painting, whose work bridged the Neoclassical landscape tradition and the innovations of Impressionism. Born in Paris to a bourgeois family, Corot began his artistic training relatively late, initially working in his father’s textile business before committing to painting in his mid-twenties. He studied under landscape painters Achille-Etna Michallon and Jean-Victor Bertin, drawing on the classical ideals of Nicolas Poussin and Claude Lorrain.

Early in his career, Corot travelled extensively in Italy, producing luminous studies of the Roman countryside that would shape his lifelong approach to landscape. These early paintings were rooted in topographical accuracy and compositional clarity, but as his career progressed, his work became increasingly atmospheric and poetic. His use of soft, silvery light, subtle tonal harmonies and delicate brushwork gave rise to the so-called ‘Corot touch’, and profoundly influenced the next generation of artists, including the Barbizon painters and the young Impressionists.

Though best known for his landscapes, Corot also produced a significant body of figure paintings, especially in the latter part of his life. These quiet, introspective works — often depicting women in contemplative poses — were rarely exhibited during his lifetime but are now seen as precursors to modernist figuration.

Widely admired in his later years, Corot supported many younger artists and became a key figure in the transition from academic tradition to modern sensibility. His works are held in major collections worldwide, including the Louvre, the Musée d’Orsay and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.


Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796-1875)

Venise, vue du Quai des Esclavons

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875)

The Bay of Naples with the Castel dell'Ovo

Jean Baptiste Camille Corot (1796-1875)

Ville d'Avray. L'Étang vu à travers le feuillage (Une vachère assise au bord de l'eau sous les arbres)

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Rosny (Seine-et-Oise), l'église du village, vue prise du verger de Mme Osmond

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796-1875)

Honfleur, Maisons sur les quais

Jean Baptiste Camille Corot (1796-1875)

Ville-d'Avray, l'étang à l'arbre penché

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (Paris 1796-1875)

Vue du Panthéon à Paris ('View of the Pantheon, Paris')

JEAN-BAPTISTE-CAMILLE COROT (FRENCH, 1796-1875)

Ville d'Avray.Paysans causant sur le chemin longeant L'étang

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875)

Aqueduc dans la campagne romaine: A view of the Roman campagna and the Claudian acqueduct towards Monte Cavo

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875)

Trois paysannes causant dans une cour rustique

JEAN-BAPTISTE-CAMILLE COROT (FRENCH, 1798-1875)

Souvenir de la Villa Borghèse

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875)

Souvenir d'Italie. Paysanne ramassant du bois.

JEAN-BAPTISTE-CAMILLE COROT (PARIS 1796-1875)

Les hauteurs de Sèvres - Le chemin Troyon

Jean Baptiste Camille Corot (1796-1875)

Plaine aux environs d'Etampes

Jean Baptiste Camille Corot (Paris 1796-1875)

Ville d'Avray - Le Cavalier à la entrée du bois

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875)

Souvenir du Lac de Nemi. Bateliers à la rive

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875)

Saint-Nicolas-Lez-Arras. Le Clocher et un Groupe d'Arbres

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875)

Civita Castellana, Torrent sous les arbres

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875)

Lormes - Un torrent avec une chevrière debout, filant

JEAN BAPTISTE CAMILLE COROT (PARIS 1796-1875)

Martin au bord du lac. Un passeur barque et deux paysannes

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875)

Le berger dans une gorge au bord de la mer

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875)

Souvenir des dunes de Dunkerque

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875)

Bords d'Etang aux deux vaches, souvenir d'Italie

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875)

Ville d'Avray, lisière de bois avec trois campagnards et une vache

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875)

Une paysanne et sa vache à la mare en vue d'un village

Jean Baptiste Camille Corot (1796-1875)

Les chênes-verts dans la vallée

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875)

La Rochelle - carriers près l'entrée du port

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875)

Ville d'Avray, pâturage avec, au fond, un côteau dans la brume

Jean Baptiste Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875)

Pêcheur amarré sur la rive verte

JEAN-BAPTISTE-CAMILLE COROT (PARIS 1796-1875)

La solitude. Souvenir de Vigen (Limousin).

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875)

La chaumiere aux sureaux, Normandie

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875)

Vachère et sa vache à la mare en vue d'un village

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875)

Semur, le chemin de l'église

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875)

La mare aux vaches à la tombée du jour