Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot Artist

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French: [ʒɑ̃ ba.tist ka.mij kɔ.ʁo]; July 16, 1796 – February 22, 1875) was a French landscape and portrait painter as well as a printmaker in etching. He is a pivotal figure in landscape painting and his vast output simultaneously references the Neo-Classical tradition and anticipates the plein-air innovations of Impressionism.

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Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Birth dateJuly 17, 1796
Date of deathFebruary 22, 1875

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