Word: corot
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...these standards are pre-supposed for the purpose of distinguishing more clearly between what is genuine and what is not. This may lead one to believe that Raphael for example, never produced a poorly executed painting, or that Constable never failed to gain his desired effect, or again, that Corot was always successful in the creation of his shimmering landscapes. It should be understood that even the greatest artists must, at some time, have produced paintings which were badly done and which consequently stand a chance of being mistakenly branded as counterfeit...
Genuine paintings from the thirteenth through the nineteenth centuries are shown side by side with their respective counterfeits. Examples include pieces by Bellini, Raphael, Constable, Corot, Guardi, Ingres, and Durer. Egyptian, Greek, and Italian Renaissance sculpture, together with Chinese and Aztec figures in stone, complete the main body of the exhibit. Forgetting the line of demarcation which can be drawn between the false art and the true, it can be said that many of the examples shown are products of great craftsmanship and skill. The counterfeit Raphael as well as the Constable indicates that the forger can often be placed...
Among the great artists whose works are shown both in the original and in counterfeit are Albrecht Durer, Corot, Ingres, Guardi, Bellini, and Constable. Also exhibited are originals and forgeries of Chinese bronze vessels and various Chinese jade objects, Persian miniatures, Egyptian sculptured heads, and early Greek terracotta figuriries...
...Nicolas Poussin's balanced, harmonious paintings influenced David, Ingres, Corot, Cézanne, many another famed French artist...
...whose talent and technical ability cannot be disputed. Her land and sea-scapes are reminiscent of paintings executed by certain she fall into the dangerous rut of auction room impressionism, a frailty common among many artists who are painting today. Her piece entitled "Pines And Snow," contains a definite Corot-ish tendency; and Miss Mackay has, perhaps unconsciously, adapted Corot's facility for painting early morning landscapes in her won subject matter with success...