Talk:Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Correct birthdate
A quick Google search indicates that Corot's birthdate is stated as both 16-July and 17-July by various sources: Google search for "camille corot born"

Most notably, Encyclopedia Britannica states the birthdate is 16-Jul-1796 (although the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica gives the date as 26th of July 1796). Wikipedia was inconsistent. This article previously stated it is the 17th, but the July 16 article lists Corot's birthday.

The root of the problem is that Corot was born during a period when the French Republican Calendar was in use AND there was a SNAFU with his birth certificate. The following block of text can be found all over the place (in typical cut-and-paste Internet fashion):
 * "Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot est un peintre français, né le 17 juillet (28 messidor) 1796 au numéro 125 de la rue du Bac à Paris et mort à la Ville d'Avray, le 22 février 1875 à 11 h. Son acte de naissance porte la date du 27 messidor, corrigée en 28 du même mois."

In short, this states that he was born on 28 messidor (although it was incorrectly documented on his birth certificate as 27 messidor but quickly corrected to 28). Unfortunately, the conversion back to the Gregorian calendar is incorrect! I've looked at several sources (including the Wikipedia article) that clearly show that in 1796, 28 messidor equates to 16 July, NOT 17 July!

ARToussaint states that his birth certificate can be found in the Archives de la Ville de Paris, V 2 E 869. If someone could verify that 28 messidor is indeed his birthday, that would be fantastic. In the mean time, based on the evidence just presented, I'm going to change the birthdate in this article to 16 July. --Rrwagner59 (talk) 14:43, 17 July 2012 (UTC)


 * An online search of the Paris archives shows that a birth certificate for Corot exists. The birth date given is "28 Messidor an IV". As previously discussed, this corresponds to 16-Jul-1796. See this Paris archive search result (image 19/51). It should also be noted that Tinterow, et al. (one of the major sources for the accompanying article) perpetuates the error of converting 28 Messidor an IV to 17-Jul-1796 (see Tinterow, et al., p. 409). Conclusion: Corot was born on 16-Jul-1796. --Rrwagner59 (talk) 16:12, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

Questions
"...where he remained during the siege..." What seige?

"These were mostly studio pieces, executed probably with a view to keep his hand in with severe drawing, rather than with the intention of producing pictures." What does this mean?

--sparkit (talk) 00:04, May 1, 2005 (UTC)

Clean-up
This article needs cleaning up.
 * Simon

In The Eye Of The Beholder
In every sense more beautiful than Millet... Nonsense !

Millet (example)


 * (Lunarian 11:18, 7 July 2006 (UTC))

name
Under other languages, remarkably in the French wiki, it's "Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot", not "Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot". We should change the direction of the redirect, shouldn't we? SyP 17:10, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, you are so right. What is going on here? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.216.71.214 (talk) 23:38, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Hmmm, maybe not. Britannica gives his name with the double hyphens. This is all very strange. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.216.71.214 (talk) 23:43, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

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In popular culture
P.G. Wodehouse mentions Corot several times in his short novel "Quick Service" (1940). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.151.247.250 (talk) 01:10, 11 May 2014 (UTC)

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Aversion to shocking color

 * In his aversion to shocking color, Corot sharply diverged from the up-and-coming Impressionists, who embraced experimentation with vivid hues.

I wonder if this had more to do with his advanced age and being set in his ways. Analogously, we know the human body experiences age-related hearing loss, for example, presbycusis. Newer research asserts the same thing occurs with colors ("many people lose their ability to clearly distinguish certain colors as they age, with losses typically starting around age 70"). Corot was around 70 when the first Impressionists began to achieve some notice. I don't think this is a coincidence. Viriditas (talk) 21:15, 30 September 2022 (UTC)