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Dance of the Nymphs by Jean Baptiste Camille Corot

Dance of the Nymphs

Jean Baptiste Camille Corot · 1860

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Artist
Jean Baptiste Camille Corot
Date
1860
Location
Musée d'Orsay
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 Dance of the Nymphs 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 · 1840s–1870s 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 The Cottage by the Roadside, Stormy Sky Same era · 1840s–1870s The Cottage by the Roadside, Stormy Sky Léon-Victor Dupré · 1855 · Art Institute of Chicago Young Spartan Girls Challenging Boys Same era · 1840s–1870s Young Spartan Girls Challenging Boys Edgar Degas · 1860 · Art Institute of Chicago Monsieur Suisse Same era · 1840s–1870s Monsieur Suisse Gustave Courbet · 1861 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Pools by the Seaside Same era · 1840s–1870s Pools by the Seaside William Hart · 1861 · Buffalo AKG Art Museum A Sketch Same era · 1840s–1870s A Sketch Mariano Fortuny Marsal · 1862 · Hispanic Society of America
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