1874
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Isolated Fort (Le Fort detache) is a 1874 ink by Jean Baptiste Camille Corot, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a quiet landscape with a lone tree on a hill. Below it, a small group of people sits near a body of water, looking toward a distant fort. The fort is simple, with low walls and a few buildings, while the sky is light with soft clouds. The artist used loose, sketchy lines to suggest movement and light, almost like a quick drawing. This style was common in the late 1800s when artists wanted to capture moments as they saw them. Next, check out lithography to see how this 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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