Camille Carot was a French landscape painter who greatly inspired the impressionist movement.   In his younger life Carot spent a lot of time studying Louvre and was even taught by Achille-Etna Michallon and Jean-Victor Bertin.  He ended up moving to Rome for three years which ended up becoming some of his most valuable years where he spent his time painting the Roman hillsides and cities.  He developed his skill of tonal relation which became a sort of trademark to his work as he believed the balance and gradation of lights and darks were more important than the colour choice.  His work can also be recognized by his use of silver colours.  Camille Carot brought great respect to the art of landscape painting as it wasn’t as highly regarded before his work, and by doing this he also paved the way for impressionist landscape painters that came after him.  I enjoy Carots paintings, I like his use of silvery colours and I find his depictions of landscapes to be very delicate and soft.  Last week I wrote about Caspar David Friedrich and its interesting to see how different their styles of landscape painting are, but both still beautiful to look at.

“A Wagon in the Hills of Artois”
Image taken from nationalgallery.org
“Evening on the Lake”
Image taken from nationalgallery.org
“Landscape at Arleux du-Nord”
Image taken from nationalgallery.org
“Monsier Pivot on Horseback”
Image take from nationalgallery.org
“Peasants under the Trees at Dawn”
Image taken from nationalgallery.org

Works Cited

Bowness, Alan. “Years of Success.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 12 July 2019, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Camille-Corot/Years-of-success.