The Evening Star
1864 Musée des Augustins
About this artwork
This landscape oil painting by Corot captures a serene twilight moment featuring a solitary figure and a shepherd with his flock by a tranquil body of water. It is part of the collection at the Musée des Augustins in Toulouse, France.
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Corot was a pivotal figure in the Barbizon school, celebrated for his 'souvenirs' or memory landscapes that prioritize mood and atmosphere over rigid realism. The Evening Star is a quintessential example of his late style, where he used a softer, dreamier application of paint to evoke the poetic stillness of dusk rather than depicting a specific, identifiable geography.
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The Evening Star
Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1864
