1871
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Tower on the Horizon of a Lake (Tour a l'horizon d'un lac) is a 1871 by Jean Baptiste Camille Corot, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This image shows a hazy, dreamy scene of a lake with a lone tree in the center. The water looks calm but full of tiny, sketchy lines, like quick strokes. In the distance, a faint shape—maybe a tower—hovers near the horizon, barely defined. The artist used a mix of light and shadow to blur edges, making things feel soft and far away. This painting was made using a glass-plate photo process called *cliché-verre*, which lets light and ink create that fuzzy, layered look. Next, check out the technique: chiaroscuro to see how light and shadow create mood in art.
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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