COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
AIC_.1969.20
AMICA Library Year:
2001
Object Type:
Drawings and Watercolors
Creator Name:
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille
Creator Nationality:
European; French
Creator Role:
Artist
Creator Dates/Places:
French; 1796-1875
Creator Name-CRT:
Jean Baptiste Camille Corot
Title:
Bent Tree by the Water
Title Type:
preferred
Title:
Landscape with a Great Tree
Title Type:
alternate
View:
full view
Creation Date:
1860/70
Creation Start Date:
1860
Creation End Date:
1870
Materials and Techniques:
Charcoal, with stumping and erasing, on cream wove paper laid down on cream board.
Classification Term:
chalk
Classification Term:
Drawing
Classification Term:
Prints and Drawings
Creation Place:
Europe,France
Dimensions:
454 x 552 mm
AMICA Contributor:
The Art Institute of Chicago
Owner Location:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
ID Number:
1969.20
Credit Line:
The Art Institute of Chicago, Harold Joachim Birthday Fund, restricted gifts of the Alsdorf Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. William O. Hunt and Frank B. Hubachek
Context:
In 1850, Corot began to work in his "second style," with an emphasis on a softer, less literal treatment of repeated landscape motifs. He frequently employed the image of a solitary bent or gnarled tree to evoke a mood of tranquil melancholy.
Related Image Identifier Link:
AIC_.D14258.tif
