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The
souvenirs which he brought back from his various
travels in the French provinces and abroad served
as an example for many landscape artists, particularly
for his students, Chintreuil, F.L. Français
and Harpignies. An associate of all the Barbizon
painters, he became particularly friendly with
Daubigny and, from the summer of 1852, they
often travalled and worked together.
Even if Corot cannot truly be regarded as a
painter of the Barbizon School, his love for
nature, his tireless search to render its slightest
nuances, and his taste for working en plein
air made him the perfect precursor. III with
gout from 1866, Corot nevertheless continued
travelling and painting. He died in 1875 at
the age of 78, only one month after Millet.
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