Summer Landscape, 1855 – 1860

Dimensions: 38.5 x 43.4 cm

Physical Description: Oil on canvas

Inventory Number: 1404

Acquisition: Acquired in 1906 as a gift from the Benedikt Goldschmidt heirs

Status: On display, 1st upper level, Modern Art, room 2

Texts

About the Work

The artist Camille Corot travelled across the French countryside on foot in search of picturesque, intimate landscape settings. He made oil sketches on the spot and later developed them in his studio. Corot's relaxed brushstrokes produce blurred contours around the objects, which he then smudges to create a uniform, atmospheric impression. With his selection of simple, rural subjects, he distanced himself from neoclassical painting. Corot is regarded as the main representative of the Barbizon School, and his painting style makes him one of the forerunners of Impressionism.

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: Summer Landscape

Painter

Camille Corot

Period Produced

19th century

Object Type

painting (artwork)

Physical Description: Oil on canvas

Material

canvas

Technique

Label at the Time of Manufacture: Signiert unten links: COROT

Work Catalogues

Robaut Bd. 2, 1905 Nr. 1260

Property and Acquisition

Institution

Städel Museum

Departement

Modern Art 1800–1945

Collection

Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline: Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright: Public Domain

Acquisition: Acquired in 1906 as a gift from the Benedikt Goldschmidt heirs

Work Content

Motifs and References

Genre

landscape

Main Motif

Iconclass

Primary

23F43 summer landscape; landscape symbolizing summer (the four seasons of the year)
25H114 low hill country
25H17 meadow, pasture
25G11 groups of trees
46A14 farmers
46AA14 farmers - AA - female farmer, farmer's wife