Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot painted thousands of landscapes. But in the last two decades of his life, he turned his attention to painting women — often dressed in elaborate costumes.

Corot also addressed the subject within a broader landscape, as in the National Gallery's 1874 Corot painting "St. Sebastian Succored by the Holy Women," in which the three human figures occupy ...

Called “The Road to Impressionism: Landscapes from Corot to Monet,” the exhibition runs until Jan. 17 at the Walters. There are no plans for the exhibition to travel.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — To the savvy, postmodernist eye, the paintings of Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1786-1875) may be easier to like than to revere.

With these portraits, Corot pushed the boundaries of what was acceptable as a finished painting in ways he never dared with his popular landscapes, of which he created nearly 3,000.

Here, Corot pushed the boundaries of what was acceptable as a finished painting in ways he never dared with his uber-popular landscapes, of which he created nearly 3,000 -- not counting the many ...

A mysterious pimpling Shining an infrared light on how “metal soaps” threaten priceless oil paintings Scientists analyzed paint samples from Corot's Gypsy Woman with Mandolin (circa 1870).

When Camille Corot's figure paintings last went on display more than a century ago, they stunned Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, who paid tribute to the French painter in their groundbreaking Cubist ...