This landscape was painted by French artist of 19th century Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot. He was born and lived all his life in Paris, studied trade science, and should have become an entrepreneur. However, the merchant’s career didn’t acquire its final form and at the age of 26 Corot changed profession and started painting. He travelled across Europe and painted from life a lot. One talked about the artist that he didn’t attribute himself to any style of art, rather he developed his individual manner.
On the painting from Radishchev Museum Corot he depicted the castle Pierrefonds on the suburbs of Paris. Pierrefonds as translated from French means stone stronghold. The castle was built at the end of the 14th century, afterwards devastated in 17th century. In 1857 Napoleon decided to reconstruct the building and made it his residence.
The construction continued till 1885. The artist painted the castle around 1865 in the midst of restoration works.
The author depicted an early morning. There is no sun on the picture; however, the sky is already light. He painted branched trees through which a silhouette of the building is peering. On the foreground are two dark figures — most probably, these are the guards. They are dressed in medieval attire.
The artist built a color scheme on transitions from silver-grey to pearl-pearlescent shades. The artist Alexey Bogolyubov wrote about the technique of the French artist the following:
On the painting from Radishchev Museum Corot he depicted the castle Pierrefonds on the suburbs of Paris. Pierrefonds as translated from French means stone stronghold. The castle was built at the end of the 14th century, afterwards devastated in 17th century. In 1857 Napoleon decided to reconstruct the building and made it his residence.
The construction continued till 1885. The artist painted the castle around 1865 in the midst of restoration works.
The author depicted an early morning. There is no sun on the picture; however, the sky is already light. He painted branched trees through which a silhouette of the building is peering. On the foreground are two dark figures — most probably, these are the guards. They are dressed in medieval attire.
The artist built a color scheme on transitions from silver-grey to pearl-pearlescent shades. The artist Alexey Bogolyubov wrote about the technique of the French artist the following:
