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Les étangs de ville d’avray (The Ponds of the Village of Avray), Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot Link is to Wikimedia Commons; they sourced it from a Sotheby’s auction, so I don’t know the current location of the original — perhaps in a private collection. Corot gives us an idyllic depiction of the gentle beginnings of Spring,…

Forest of Fontainebleau, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Link is to zoomable image on Google Art Project; downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons; Original is in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Corot entered this painting in the Paris Salon of 1846, and it became the first officially recognized pure landscape in French painting — without historical or mythological subject…

The Bridge and Castel Sant’Angelo with the Cupola of St. Peters, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot Link is to WikiArt, large version here; original is in the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (Leigon of Honor). Corot painted in several styles through his career, but this is an example of my favorite type of approach on his part.…

A View near Volterra, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot Wow. I just love these direct, observational landscapes from Corot — filled with light and the feeling of immediate atmosphere. You can see why the Impressionists thought so highly of him. Original is in the National Gallery of Art, D.C. The image on the linked page is zoomable. Click…

Fontainebleau: Oak Trees at Bas-Bréau, Camille Corot In the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Click “Fullscreen” and use zoom controls or download arrow.