A Quiet Backwater

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Trouillebert was a French painter of genre, portraits, nudes and landscape who was one of many imitators of Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796–1875). In fact, Trouillebert’s works were sometimes sold as Corot’s, falsely signed by unscrupulous dealers. Corot had developed a style of painting that was based upon tonal values rather than colour and design, producing a soft, almost fuzzy atmosphere in his works which became very popular in 1850s Paris.

Trouillebert’s debt to Corot can easily be seen in 'A Quiet Backwater' with its soft, delicate light and impressionistic trees and figures.

Beecroft Art Gallery

Southend-on-Sea

Title

A Quiet Backwater

Date

1870s–1880s

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 38 x W 45 cm (E)

Accession number

SOUAG.B115

Acquisition method

bequeathed by Mr W. G. Beecroft, c.1961

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

Trouillebert

Beecroft Art Gallery

Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, Essex SS2 6EX England

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