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Souvenir of Fampoux (Souvenir de Fampoux)

1854

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Associated Names

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Artist, French, 1796 - 1875

The image shows a landscape sketch with clusters of trees in the foreground, leading diagonally towards the middle where a figure is in a boat. The horizon is blended seamlessly with the sketch, using a monochromatic palette of brown and beige. The style employs broad brushstrokes, creating an impressionistic and abstract feel, prioritizing composition over detail and conveying movement and life within the scene.

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Artwork overview

Medium

cliché-verre
Credit Line

Print Purchase Fund (Rosenwald Collection)
Accession Number

1967.18.5
Catalogue Raisonné

Delteil, no. 40, State only

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1906

Delteil, Loys. Le peintre-graveur illustre. 31 vols. Paris: Published by the author, 1906-1926. Reprint. New York: Collectors Editions, Da Capo Press, 1969. Vol. 30 (Albert Besnard) is by Louis Godefroy.

Wikidata ID

Q65510095

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