Château-Thierry
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796–1875)

Title

Château-Thierry

Artist

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796–1875)

Date

1855

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

13 3/4 × 23 in. (34.9 × 58.4 cm)

Classification

Painting

Credit Line

Museum purchase

Object Number

1942.1

On View

On view

Provenance

Purchased from the artist by Quincy Adams Shaw (1825–1908), Boston, by 1908;
By descent to his daughter, Marion Shaw Haughton (1866–1958), Boston, by 1908;
Purchased from Marion Shaw Houghton, by Schneider-Gabriel Galleries, New York, by 1941–1942;
Purchased from Schneider-Gabriel Galleries, through Harold Woodbury Parsons, by Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, 1942.

Exhibition History

Tenth Anniversary Exhibition, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, December 1941–January 1942.

The Serene World of Corot: An Exhibition in Aid of the Salvation Army War Fund, Wildenstein & Co., New York, 1942, no. 27.

Corot, 1796–1875, Philadelphia Museum of Art, May 11–June 16, 1946, no. 33.

French Painting from David to Courbet, Detroit Institute of Arts, January 31–March 5, 1950, no. 76.

Fifth Anniversary Exhibition: Realism in Painting and Sculpture, Des Moines Art Center, June 5–July 12, 1953.

Notable Collections at Joslyn, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, November 30, 1956–January 1, 1957.

Corot and His Contemporaries, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 8–June 21, 1959.

Corot 1796–1875, An Exhibition of His Paintings and Graphics Works, Art Institute of Chicago, October 6–November 13, 1960, no. 78.

Masters of Landscape: East and West, Munson-Williams Proctor Institute, Utica, New York, September 15–October 13, 1963; Rochester Memorial Art Gallery, New York, November 1–December 1, 1963, no. 44.

Romantics and Realists, Wildenstein & Co., New York, April 7–May 7, 1966, no. 10.

Corot: A Loan Exhibition for the Benefit of the Citizens' Committee for Children of New York, Wildenstein & Co., New York, October 30–December 6, 1969, no. 38.

The Rediscovery of Nature: An Anthology of 19th Century Landscape Painting in the West, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Kobe, Japan, November 2–27, 1983; Nagoya Prefectural Museum of Arts, Japan, December 2–25, 1983; Seibu Museum of Arts, Tokyo, January 5–29, 1984; Hiroshima Prefectural Museum, February 3–26, 1984; Kitakiushia Prefectural Museum, Kitakiushiu, Japan, March 2–25, 1984, no. 14.

J. B. Camille Corot, Odakyu Grand Gallery, Tokyo, September 13–October 1, 1989; Navio Museum of Art, Osaka, October 20–November 14, 1989; Sogo Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan, January 18–February 25, 1990, no. 28.

Corot to Monet: The Rise of Landscape Painting in France, Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire, January 1–April 28, 1991; New York Hall of Science, July 30–September 28, 1991; Dallas Museum of Art, November 10, 1991–January 5, 1992; High Museum of art, Atlanta, January 28–March 29, 1992, no. 22.

Titian to Monet: European Paintings from Joslyn Art Museum, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA, October 14, 2022–January 8, 2023; Rembrandt to Monet: 500 Years of European Painting from Joslyn Art Museum, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK, February 22–May 28, 2023.

Published References

The Serene World of Corot: An Exhibition in Aid of the Salvation Army War Fund, exh. cat. (New York: Wildenstein & Co., 1942), no. 27.

Corot, 1796–1875, exh. cat. (Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1946), 24, (repro.).

French Painting from David to Courbet, exh. cat. (Detroit: Detroit Institute of Arts, 1950), 41.

Fifth Anniversary Exhibition: Realism in Painting and Sculpture, exh. cat. (Des Moines: Des Moines Art Center 1953).

Corot and His Contemporaries, exh. cat. (Houston: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1959), 8.

Corot 1796–1875, An Exhibition of His Paintings and Graphics Works, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1960), no. 78.

Philip Gurbey, “Corot’s Rebellion Links Traditional Modern Art,” Dundee and West Omaha Sun, May 26, 1960, 54, (repro.).

Marilyn Russum, “Omahans on Hand for Chicago Show,” Omaha World-Herald, October 5, 1960, 40.

James Cahill, Masters of Landscape: East and West, exh. cat. (Utica, New York: Munson-Williams Proctor Institute, 1963), 50, (repro.).

Romantics and Realists, exh. cat. (New York: Wildenstein & Co., 1966), no. 10, (repro.).

Corot: A Loan Exhibition for the Benefit of the Citizens' Committee for Children of New York, exh. cat. (New York: Wildenstein & Co., 1969), no. 38., (repro.).

John D. Morse, Old Master Paintings in North America, a Comprehensive Guide to Locating and Enjoying over 300 Masterpieces by 50 Great Artists (New York: Abbeville Press, 1979), 64.

Annie-Paule Quinsac; Hyōgo Kenritsu Kindai Bijutsukan, The Rediscovery of Nature: An Anthology of 19th Century Landscape Painting in the West, exh. cat. (Kobe: Kobe Shinbunsha), 59, (repro.).

Holliday T. Day and Hollister Sturges, eds., Joslyn Art Museum: Paintings & Sculpture from the European & American Collections (Omaha: Joslyn Art Museum, 1987), 78, 80, 81, (repro.).

Youichiro Ide and Gabriel P. Weisberg, J. B. Camille Corot, exh. cat. (Tokyo: Art Life, 1989), 147–48 (repro.).

Kermit S. Champa, Corot to Monet: The Rise of Landscape Painting in France, exh. cat. (Manchester, New Hampshire: Currier Gallery of Art, 1991), 124, (repro.).

Graham W. J. Beal et. al., Fifty Favorites from Joslyn Art Museum (Omaha: Joslyn Art Museum, 1994), 48–49, (repro.).

Taylor J. Acosta, European Paintings and Sculpture from Joslyn Art Museum (Omaha: Joslyn Art Museum, 2020), 144–45, (repro.).