1874
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Horseman Halted in the Countryside (Cavalier arrete dans la campagna) is a 1874 by Jean Baptiste Camille Corot, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a quiet countryside scene with a lone rider on horseback. The trees are bare, their branches tangled against a light, hazy sky. In the distance, a small house sits alone, blending into the soft lines of the landscape. The artist used a technique where light and shadow mix smoothly, almost like a faded memory. This was done with a special process called *cliché-verre*, where the image is printed like a photo but feels hand-drawn. Next, check out Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille to see how he played with light in other works.
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (UK: KORR-oh, US: kə-ROH, kor-OH; French: ; 16 July 1796 – 22 February 1875), or simply Camille Corot, was a French landscape and portrait painter as well as a printmaker in etching.
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