Corot

[ kaw-roh, kuh-; French kaw-roh ]

/ kɔˈroʊ, kə-; French kɔˈroʊ /

Jean Bap·tiste Ca·mille

[zhahn ba-teest ka-mee-yuh] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist kaˈmi yə/,1796–1875, French painter.

Example sentences from the Web for corot

Rubens, Giorgione, Klee and Corot have painted it; Jean Cocteau has turned it into film.

Ann Wroe’s ‘Orpheus’: Why the Mythological Muse Haunts Us |Ann Wroe |May 31, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
He saw the Corot in the window, where it looked very genuine in its old gilt frame.

Molly Brown's Orchard Home |Nell Speed
Taking technic in its widest sense, one may speak of Corot's shortcomings—not, I think, of his failures.

French Art |W. C. Brownell
With Corot, however, it is impossible to make this separation.

McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 5, April, 1896 |Various

Still another small Corot, a picture of a boat afloat on a still lake, was also in this room.

Frederic Lord Leighton |Ernest Rhys
The former imposing, like a picture of Meesdag; the latter, hazy like a Corot, each perfect in its style.

Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan |Pter Vay

Corot

/ (French kɔro) /

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