1866
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Souvenir of Italy is a 1866 by Jean Baptiste Camille Corot, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This drawing shows a quiet landscape with two bare trees in the middle, their branches tangled against a pale sky. In the distance, a small building sits on a hill, and the ground looks rough and uneven. The lines are loose and sketchy, almost like quick notes rather than a finished picture. The artist used light and shadow to make the trees stand out against the flat background. This style was common in 19th-century French art. Next, check out Jean Baptiste Camille Corot.
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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