Corot to Monet: new research
Our curators and scientists have made stunning new discoveries about seven paintings by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, a 19th-century artist who was a huge influence on the Impressionists, particularly through his use of light on landscape.
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
1796–1875
Bibliographic references for latest research
Reading list for 19th-century landscape painting
'The Leaning Tree', about 1860-65
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
'Monsieur Pivot on Horseback', about 1853
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
'Landscape at Arleux-du-Nord', 1871-4
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
'Avignon from the West', 1836
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
'Peasants under the Trees at Dawn', about 1840-5
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
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'The Roman Campagna, with the Claudian Aqueduct', probably 1826
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
'The Oak in the Valley', 1871
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Corot to Monet
A fresh look at landscape from the collection
