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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
tense in mood
aspiring artist
direct observations
inhuman tension.
thus emphasizing
most picturesque places
huge cycle of murals
most popular
variety of color
hands he held
could not recover
masters saw in reality
ambassador to Greece
studios were located
naming the artistic
introduction of an orange-red
especially outstanding
picture telling
outlines of buildings
technique of oil painting
monuments of the city’s
figures are graceful
beautiful and majestic
henceforth become
remarkable monument
master worked
drew themes from these albums
easel paintings
distinguished by its mannerism
makes several
Mexican graphic until
statue was created
uniquely individual
creative response
painters from England
products painted
surpass in this respect
social activity gradually
where every wave
constant companions
years of reaction
natural principle
supposedly saved
joyful beauty
linear perspective