Through he represented nature realistically, he did not idealize the peasant or the labors of agriculture in the manner of [[Jean-François Millet|Millet]] and [[Gustave Courbet]], and was uninvolved in ideological controversy. [http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/corot/] | Through he represented nature realistically, he did not idealize the peasant or the labors of agriculture in the manner of [[Jean-François Millet|Millet]] and [[Gustave Courbet]], and was uninvolved in ideological controversy. [http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/corot/] |