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




