1854
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Souvenir of Fampoux (Souvenir de Fampoux) is a 1854 by Jean Baptiste Camille Corot, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This image shows a blurry, brown-tinted landscape with indistinct shapes. Trees and bushes fill most of the scene, but details are hard to make out. The whole thing looks faded, like an old photo that’s been washed out. This is a *cliché-verre*—a mix of photography and painting, where the artist used glass plates to create the image. It’s not a traditional painting, but it still feels like a sketch of nature. Next, check out Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille to see how he played with light and realism.
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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