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Corot

American  
[kaw-roh, kuh-, kaw-roh] / kɔˈroʊ, kə-, kɔˈroʊ /

noun

  1. Jean Baptiste Camille 1796–1875, French painter.


Corot British  
/ kɔro /

noun

  1. Jean Baptiste Camille (ʒɑ̃ batist kamij). 1796–1875, French landscape and portrait painter

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In 1998, the Le Chemin de Sevres - a 19th century painting by Camille Corot - was stolen and has never been found.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2025

We can study the effect of Venice on other artists, starting with Canaletto and Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 11, 2025

Miriam Stewart, curator of the collection in the division of European and American art, said works range from fakes of Daumier and Corot, to Matisse and George Inness.

From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2021

He continued to take notes on Corot, Velázquez, Courbet.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 18, 2019

Corot returned to Paris, after many years spent in Rome, during the reign of Louis-Philippe, when affairs were beginning to stir themselves in literature and art.

From Dumas' Paris by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)