If ever there was an artist of whom it may definitively be said:
“They truly lived for their art!”,
It may be said of Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot.
Many, without doubt, will, justifiably in most cases, cite many another artist of whom this may be said.... but!, ...undeniably, in most cases also , there was an inherent or imposed struggle against ones parents, society, morality, religion, racism, sexism, or many another constraint to be fought against..., in order to, at last, release the potential of the artist within. In many cases there was also financial constraints.... “the garret life of the starving artist