How to determine the place of the portrait painter? In relation to him, as well as to many artists of the 19th century portrait, it is difficult to apply any stable definitions. Koro, unquestionably, contributes to the area of the portrait, which has an interest in the character’s everyday characterization.
In the late period of creativity, when appealing to female images, he seeks the embodiment of a dream, an abstract ideal of the beautiful, drawing closer to the classicists. And the very desire of Koro to convey in the portrait serenity, something forever beautiful – is not it a romantic utopia, a naive disconnect from the complexities of time?
Related Paintings 
A reading woman in the landscape by Camille Corot 
Lecture interrompue – Camille Corot 
The bridge in Narni by Camille Corot 
Landscape in the Arles du Nord by Camille Corot 
Letter by Camille Corot 
Robber by Camille Corot 
Portrait of Octavia Signegon by Camille Corot 
Church in Marissel by Camille Corot
A reading woman in the landscape by Camille Corot Lecture interrompue – Camille Corot The bridge in Narni by Camille Corot Landscape in the Arles du Nord by Camille Corot Letter by Camille Corot Robber by Camille Corot Portrait of Octavia Signegon by Camille Corot Church in Marissel by Camille Corot