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Description: | Signed: yes Description: This painting imitates those qualities that characterised Corot's landscape paintings between about 1850 and 1870, that is a certain misty, ethereal quality, which Corot's critics have called formlessness, but which at the time were very popular with collectors. Consequently this picture by an imitator of Corot conforms to the idea of a typical' late Corot landscape. However, as Christopher Wright has pointed out, §the superficial charm does not stand up to close examination and all the elements caricature Corot's style, imitating the general effect but failing to observe atmosphere§. In the foreground of the painting cattle are visible grazing in a field bordered by two groups of tall feathery' trees, behind which is a cottage and a further range of hills. This type of composition is far removed from the naturalistic landscapes for which Corot is most admired today. | Subjects: | landscape | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (French painter and draftsman, 1796-1875) Æ Attributed to manner of | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8404... | Go to resource |
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