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