The
son of a Parisian shopkeeper, the young Corot was hired
as a salesman by a cloth merchant, despite his evident
gift for drawing. Clearly lacking an aptitude for business,
he was already twenty-six when his father gave him an
allowance so that he could devote himself entirely to
his vocation.
Studying with A. Michallon, with whom he painted his first
landscapes in the Forest of Fontainebleau, then with Victor
Bertin, he took his first trip to Italy in 1825. There
he enjoyed the friendship of Caruelle d'Aligny and Edouard
Bertin who shared his passion for painting from nature.
On his return three years later he adopted a pattern of
work, which he maintained throughout his life, of painting
in his Paris studio during the winter and devoting the
summer to travelling in France, interrupted by frequent
visits to Ville d'Avray, Chailly and Barbizon.
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