1871
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Souvenir of Italy (Souvenir d'Italie) is a 1871 ink by Jean Baptiste Camille Corot, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This image shows a hazy, soft-edged landscape with a few bare trees and rolling hills. The colors are muted, mostly browns and grays, giving it a dreamy, faded look. The sky blends into the ground, making it hard to tell where one ends and the other begins. The artist used a sketchy, almost smudged style—like a quick, loose drawing. This was made as a print, not a painting, which explains its rough texture. Next, check out lithography to see how this kind of print was made.
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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