A Torrent at Romagnes, after 1862
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corotexpand_more
Oil on canvasexpand_more
Gift of the Morrison family, in memory of Helen T. Morrisonexpand_more 75.73
On View in Gallery 321expand_more
France was defeated, broken in body and spirit, at the end of the bloody Franco-Prussian War in 1871. The comfort and beauty of landscape paintings was a balm, a boost to morale. Jules Castagnary, a critic at the time, commented, "Landscape remains the strength and glory of our French school. Although the jury went through it like a plow through a green field, there are still enough beautiful examples to prove to foreigners that we have not degenerated, at least not in this area." Corot became a poet of landscape painting with images like this, the women walking beside the torrential river representing the peace and wellness of the French after the war.
Details
- Title
- A Torrent at Romagnes
- Artist Life
- 1796 - 1875
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 75.73
- Curator Approved
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