Corot

With his quiet, luminous canvases, miracles of flickering light and subtle color, the legendary French painter forever changed the direction of landscape painting. This vivid account of the life and art of Corot is published to coincide with the major exhibition of his works traveling to Ottawa and New York in the fall of 1996. It marks the 200th anniversary of the painter's birth. 235 illustrations, 129 in color.