Le Passeur, c.1870
"Corot is a pivotal figure in landscape painting. His work simultaneously references the Neo-Classical tradition and anticipates the plein-air innovations of Impressionism. Of him Claude Monet exclaimed in 1897, 'There is only one master here—Corot. We are nothing compared to him, nothing.' His contributions to figure painting are hardly less important; Degas preferred his figures to his landscapes, and the classical figures of Picasso pay overt homage to Corot’s influence. Historians have divided his work into periods, but the points of division are often vague, as he often completed a picture years after he began it. ..."
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Paysage d'été avec sentier et lac, c.1870
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