At The End Of His Career, This 19th Century Artist Painted As He Pleased
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot painted thousands of landscapes. But in the last two decades of his life, he turned his attention to painting women — often dressed in elaborate costumes.
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot painted thousands of landscapes — he did them well, and he did well by them. By the 1850s he was regarded as "a seriously successful, nationally renowned landscape painter," says National Gallery of Art curator Mary Morton.
Less well-known are Corot's portraits — but at the National Gallery of Art aims to remedy that. Corot didn't start painting
