1858
oil
canvas
From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago
Bathing Nymphs and Child is a 1858 oil by Jean Baptiste Camille Corot, a Impressionism work, held at Art Institute of Chicago.
The painting shows women and a child bathing in a natural setting. It's interesting because Corot was known for his landscapes, but here he focuses on figures. He also experiments with light and shadow in this work, which adds depth. Check out the technique of chiaroscuro to learn more about how artists use light and dark to create depth in their paintings.
Gustave Claudon (possibly lent to Paris 1875); sold in equal shares to Goupil & Cie, Paris and Knoedler & Co., Paris, for 17,000 francs, July 3, 1899 [according to Goupil stockbook no. 26031, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles]; sold to Alexander Young, London, for 225,000 francs, July 31, 1899 [according to the Goupil stockbook cited above]; sold by Young to Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, July 24, 1906 [according to a letter from Richard Kingzett, Agnews, to Martha Howard, Art Institute, dated July 20, 1990, in curatorial file]; sold in equal shares to Scott and Fowles, New York, and…
Paris, L’École Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Exposition de l’Oeuvre de Corot, 1875, cat. 178. Paris, Palais Galliera, Exposition organisé au profit du monument du centenaire du Corot, May–June 1895, cat. 34. Art Institute of Chicago, Century of Progress: Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, June 1–November 1, 1934, cat. 165. Art Institute of Chicago, Corot, 1796–1875: An Exhibition of His Paintings and Graphic Work, October 6–November 13, 1960, cat. 83. Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, The Arts of Man: A Selection from Ancient to Modern Times, October 6–December 31, 1962, no cat. no.
Alfred Robaut, L’Oeuvre de Corot: catalogue raisonné et illustré précédé de L’histoire de Corot et de ses Oeuvres (Paris: Floury, 1905; reprint, 1965), vol. 2, no. 1113. E. G. Halton, “The Collection of Mr. Alexander Young: I – the Corots,” The International Studio: An Illustrated Magazine of the Fine and Applied Art 30, 117 (1906), pp. 6 (ill.), 12. Arthur Hoeber, Barbizon Painters: Being the Story of the Men of Thirty (New York: Books for Libraries Press, 1915; reprinted 1969), opp. p. 111 (ill.). Louise James Bargelt, “Art: Kimball Exhibit at Institute,” Chicago Daily Tribune (July 9,…
Read the full account in the museum source.
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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