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.
