Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot
1796 – 1875 · aged 79
French landscape and portrait painter and printmaker in etching (1796-1875)
- Born
- 16 Jul 1796 · Rue du Bac
- Died
- 22 Feb 1875 · rue du Faubourg-Poissonnière
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- 16 Jul 1796BornBorn in Rue du Bac
- 1846AwardKnight of the Legion of Honour
- 1867AwardOfficer of the Legion of Honour
- 1872AwardKnight of the Order of Leopold
- 22 Feb 1875DiedDied in rue du Faubourg-Poissonnière
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Major world events during their lifetime (1796 – 1875).
- 1812 – 1815War of 1812
- 1814 – 1815Congress of Vienna
- 1853 – 1856Crimean War
- 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
- 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
Biography
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (UK: KORR-oh, US: kə-ROH, kor-OH; French: [ʒɑ̃ batist kamij kɔʁo]; 16 July 1796 – 22 February 1875), or simply Camille Corot, was a French landscape and portrait painter as well as a printmaker in etching. A pivotal figure in landscape painting, his vast output simultaneously referenced the neoclassical tradition and anticipated the plein-air innovations of Impressionism.
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