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The Ford with Five Cows by Jean Baptiste Camille Corot

The Ford with Five Cows

Jean Baptiste Camille Corot · 1865

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Artist
Jean Baptiste Camille Corot
Date
1865
ART MOVEMENTS
Barbizon schoolNaturalism
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Jean Baptiste Camille Corot

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, a pivotal French landscape painter, masterfully bridged Neo-Classicism with the emerging plein-air innovations of Impressionism.

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Beyond Corot and Naturalism: works from the same years, and from the other movements The Ford with Five Cows belongs to.

The Estuary Farm Same movement · Barbizon school The Estuary Farm Léon-Victor Dupré · 1831 · Art Institute of Chicago The Backgammon Players Same era · 1850s–1880s The Backgammon Players Philip Webb · 1861 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Woman Feeding Chickens Same movement · Barbizon school Woman Feeding Chickens Jean-François Millet · 1850 · Art Institute of Chicago Two Boats in a Storm Same era · 1850s–1880s Two Boats in a Storm Léon-Victor Dupré · 1870 · Art Institute of Chicago Paris Street; Rainy Day Same era · 1850s–1880s Paris Street; Rainy Day Kawabata Gyokushō · 1877 · Art Institute of Chicago A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers (Madame Paul Valpinçon?) Same era · 1850s–1880s A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers (Madame Paul Valpinçon?) Edgar Degas · 1865 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cliffs on the Sea Coast: Small Beach, Sunrise (Falaise au bord de la mer, vu Petite Plage, soleil levant) Same era · 1850s–1880s Cliffs on the Sea Coast: Small Beach, Sunrise (Falaise au bord de la mer, vu Petite Plage, soleil levant) Gustave Courbet · 1865 · Art Institute of Chicago Jesus Mocked by the Soldiers Same era · 1850s–1880s Jesus Mocked by the Soldiers Édouard Manet · 1865 · Art Institute of Chicago
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