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