Looser and more painterly styles from Guardi around 1775 to Delacroix in 1862: paving the way for the Impressionists.
Corot
Sadly neglected today, his landscapes are some of the finest of the century, and his depictions of trees are among the best.
We will never know exactly what CĂ©zanne intended, but he certainly showed it in his paintings of trees.
Vincent van Gogh’s career as an artist was brief, intense, only successful long after his death, but of enormous influence. He also painted lots of trees.
A chronological index to articles in this series, with example paintings.
A journey from early 1800s realism to Post-Impressionism, in the company of innumerable trees.
Had he been French or British, he would probably have been rated as one of the greatest painters of the 1800s.
If Constable acted as a bridge, Corot was the crossroad leading to ‘modern’ art.
Constable may seem an unlikely revolutionary, but his landscapes and their trees inspired the Barbizon School and Impressionists.
A brief glance through the history of painting trees in the landscape, from Rubens and Poussin to van Gogh and Pissarro.
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