Jean Baptiste Camille Corot

Born in Paris in 1796 to a prosperous bourgeois family, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot's path to becoming an artist was not immediate. Unlike many prodigious talents, he showed little interest in art until his early twenties, initially working in his family's successful millinery business. However, he found commercial life incompatible with his spirit, and at 26, with his father's consent and a generous allowance, he finally dedicated himself to art. This financial independence…