by Caroline Legrand
Camille Corot (1796–1875), Deux moines sur la terrasse du palais Doria à Gênes (Two Monks on the Terrace of the Palazzo Doria in Genoa), June 1834, oil on canvas, 25 x 36.5 cm/9.85 x 14.38 in. Estimate: €150,000/250,000
Soulages followed a painter’s classic path: the quest for light, which climaxed in a brilliant painting from 1975. One of his forerunners, Camille Corot, devoted himself to the study of light over time. Since the 1 8th century, a trip to Italy had been part of any young artist’s training.… read more