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A Wagon in the Plains of Artois

Image credit: The National Gallery, London

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This view, painted in May 1871, forms part of a group painted by Corot during his stay in north-east France during the spring and summer of 1871. On the horizon, just right of centre, stands a windmill, its sails visible against the sky. Windmills were an extremely common sight in the Pas de Calais region at this period. In the foreground is a horse, its head bowed, and the wagon from which this painting takes its name.

It was most probably Corot who added a layer of grey over the first, off-white preparatory layer applied by the makers of the canvas. He has left areas of it exposed, and in the sky it forms the darkest tones of the clouds. For the sky Corot used a thick blue paint mixed with white. Using long strokes which closely follow the line of the horizon, he covered several trees, the ghostly forms of which can still be seen through the paint.

The National Gallery, London

London

Title

A Wagon in the Plains of Artois

Date

1871

Medium

Oil on canvas

Measurements

H 27.3 x W 35.2 cm

Accession number

NG2628

Acquisition method

Salting Bequest, 1910

Work type

Painting

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