Bent Tree by the Water
Jean Baptiste Camille Corot · 1860/70 · Charcoal, with stumping and erasing, on cream wove paper, laid down on cream board
Public domain
Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
Bent Tree by the Water is a public-domain drawing by Jean Baptiste Camille Corot, dated 1860/70. Charcoal, with stumping and erasing, on cream wove paper, laid down on cream board. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“Bent Tree by the Water” (1860/70) is the kind of softly lit landscape Corot sketched on the spot in Italy or France and then assembled in the studio.
About the artist
Camille Corot (1796–1875) was a French landscape painter. He sketched in Italy and France, then built silvery, softly lit woodland pictures in the studio that were widely copied.
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