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Definition of Corot
1. Noun. French painter of Italian landscapes (1796-1875).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Corot
Literary usage of Corot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists by Elbert Hubbard (1902)
"Then comes Corot the joyous, Corot the careless, Corot who had no troubles, ...
Corot, singing at his work, unless he was smoking, and if he was smoking, ..."
2. Putnam's Magazine (1907)
"They immediately informed Corot, who replied with some embarrassment, and as if
vexed ... In the winter of 1872 I was sent on a delicate mission to Corot. ..."
3. Representative Painters of the XIXth Century by N. D'Anvers (1899)
"If Rousseau was the epic, Corot was lyric poet of the Barbizon group. ...
Corot has likened Rousseau to an eagle dominating all below from his lonely ..."
4. Views and Reviews: Essays in Appreciation by William Ernest Henley (1902)
"III Corot is a culmination. On his own ground he may challenge comparison with
the greatest. He entered upon his career at a juncture when the classic ..."
5. Sketches of Great Painters by Edwin Watts Chubb (1915)
"No; Corot did not spend all the years of his life in doing what he liked; up to
his twenty-sixth year his practical father was trying to make his son a ..."