Forest of Fontainebleau, 1834 by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Canvas Print - 17795-COR
Location: National Gallery of Art, Washington, USAOriginal Size: 175.6 x 242.6 cm
Giclée Canvas Print | $54.98 USD
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Painting Information
Corot’s “Forest of Fontainebleau” - now there’s a painting that knows how to whisper. You can almost hear the trees sighing. But look at it closely, and you’ll see this isn’t some picturesque postcard moment. No, Corot is far too clever for that. This is nature untamed, rough around the edges, and just a little bit wild. It’s not a "pretty" landscape - it’s dense, a little overwhelming, like the forest is slowly creeping in on you. Yet somehow, it’s beautiful precisely because it’s not trying to be.
Let’s start with that girl lounging by the stream. What’s she doing there, really? Wreading? Drawing? Who knows, and honestly, who cares. She’s not the point, is she? She’s a bit player in this epic tale of trees and shadows. Corot plants her there as a kind of afterthought. Sure, she adds a bit of human touch, but you feel like she’s about to be swallowed up by this forest - like if she stays too long, she’ll disappear into the greenery.
The palette Corot uses is muddy, earthy. None of those exaggerated colors you’d expect from a more flamboyant painter. The browns, greens, and ochres are so muted, they almost blend into one another, giving the painting this murky, organic vibe. And those trees - just look at how they stretch upward, their trunks barely distinguishable from the shadows they cast. The way Corot handles light here is subtle but brilliant. The left side glows with warm sunlight, while the right falls into darkness, thick with foreboding. It’s like two different worlds colliding on the same canvas.
But Corot’s real magic is in the softness of his technique. He’s not fussed with showing every leaf and twig in sharp focus. No, it’s all about suggestion. A flick of the brush here, a smudge of color there, and suddenly, you’ve got a whole forest breathing on the canvas. The composition is fluid - the stream acts as a lazy guide, pulling your eye from the foreground into the far-off distance, where the horizon barely peeks through the trees.
This is nature at its most natural - not cleaned up or romanticized, but raw, atmospheric, and full of quiet mystery. Corot isn’t painting a forest for you to admire. He’s inviting you to get lost in it.
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