Unknown_Corot-2012

Courvoisier-Vosion, Père Lachaise from the Gothic Chapel, c. 1815 , Bibliothèque des Arts Décoratifs, Paris Vincent Van Gogh, Guinguette Montmartre, 1886 , Musée d’Orsay, Paris

The inclusion of important, relatively large figures in this drawing, the use of color, and the carefully elaborated spatial relationships point to a date in the 1830 s. During this period, Corot approached the outdoor study in both oil and graphite with greater pictorial ambition. Figures became more common, elements were placed with increasing deliberation, and relationships between the fore-, mid-, and background became increasingly dynamic and effective.