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Willows and Farmhouse at Sainte-Catherine-lès-Arras

1871

Jean Baptiste Camille Corot

(French, 1796–1875)
Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
oil on fabric
Measurements
Framed: 59.4 x 72.1 x 9 cm (23 3/8 x 28 3/8 x 3 9/16 in.); Unframed: 36.3 x 44.4 cm (14 5/16 x 17 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1916.1047
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Did You Know?

Corot began his career as a draper and his exposure to the colors and textures of fabrics helped him develop an astute aesthetic sense.

Description

With its quiet water and sky, fluffy trees, and other foliage flecked with light, this picture exemplifies the style that won Corot success with a wide public. It was painted during the artist's stay at Arras (about 100 miles north of Paris) in 1871.
A horizontally oriented oil painting with soft, feathery brushstrokes depicts a farmhouse with a red-tiled roof on the left. Silvery-green willow trees stretch across the middle ground toward a large, dark tree trunk on the right. In the lower right, a small figure wearing a red cap sits by a river. Beyond, dense greenery reaches toward a pale, overcast sky where soft, gray clouds gather.

Willows and Farmhouse at Sainte-Catherine-lès-Arras

1871

Jean Baptiste Camille Corot

(French, 1796–1875)
France, 19th century

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