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Camille Corot: “I write with my heart”
The large, half a century long, creative life of the French artist Camille Corot (1796–1875) was, as it were, subject to the change of seasons. In the winter months he worked in the Paris workshop, often visiting the opera and the conservatory. But the happiness of communicating with wildlife meant for the master incomparably more than visiting museums and concert halls. Every year with the onset of spring, he went on a journey through various regions of France to write sketches. Many of them have become pearls of plein-air painting. Continue reading
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direct observations
social activity gradually
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surpass in this respect
variety of color
joyful beauty
technique of oil painting
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constant companions
creative response
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huge cycle of murals
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linear perspective
inhuman tension.
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most picturesque places
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aspiring artist
distinguished by its mannerism
especially outstanding
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uniquely individual
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painters from England
beautiful and majestic
most popular
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