Trees in a Swamp, c.1855/60 by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Canvas Print - 3643-COR
Location: The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, RussiaOriginal Size: 25.5 x 38 cm
Giclée Canvas Print | $48.70 USD
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*Max printing size: 14.5 x 21.7 in
*Max framing size: Long side up to 28"
"Trees in a Swamp" will be custom-printed for your order using the latest giclée printing technology. This technique ensures that the Canvas Print captures an exceptional level of detail, showcasing vibrant and vivid colors with remarkable clarity.
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Painting Information
Ah, Corot. The quiet man of the French landscape tradition. But don’t let the subdued palette of "Trees in a Swamp" fool you into thinking this is just a delicate pastoral scene. No, no. This is Corot at his most atmospheric, pulling you into a world where everything is wrapped in this velvety, foggy stillness. The kind of place where you can almost hear the squelch of your boots as you trudge through the muck, trying to make sense of the world around you.
Look at it! The trees are these wonderful, scraggly figures, looming over the water with a kind of shy grandeur. They aren’t your typical heroic oaks or majestic pines - no, these are modest, swamp-dwelling trees. Humble. But Corot gives them a quiet dignity, like they’re part of the same mysterious ecosystem that stretches out beyond the painting’s edges.
And the colors! Corot doesn’t give us the vibrant greens and crisp blues you might expect from a landscape. Instead, he goes for a kind of misty, washed-out palette - greens that are almost gray, and browns that feel like they’ve been soaking in the swamp water for days. It’s not gloomy, though. It’s soft, melancholic, yes - but also full of feeling. Like nature is whispering something that only Corot could hear.
And then, of course, there’s that cow. Just hanging out in the corner like she wandered into a French poet daydream and can’t quite figure out how to get back. But she’s essential - a splash of earthy red that draws your eye and gives the scene its strange, grounded charm.
Corot’s brushwork here is loose, free, almost hesitant. He doesn’t overdefine anything, letting the trees, the water, the whole scene blur together like a memory. It’s subtle, but it lingers. This isn’t a landscape that grabs you by the collar - it seeps into you, slow and steady, like the swamp itself.
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