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The Barbizon School indicates a loose collection of artists who extolled a return to nature and the rustic life of the countryside, and the painting of the pure landscape, en plein air, rather than in the studio from sketches, uncouched in mythological, biblical, or historical themes. The primary influence that sparked the movement was the exhibition of the landscapes of John Constable at the 1824 Paris Salon. Painters who are associated with the Barbizon School include Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796-1875), Narcisse Virgile Diaz (1807-1876), Constant Troyon (1810-1865), Theodore Rousseau (1812-1867), Jean-Francois Millet (1814-1875), Francois-Louis Francais (1814-1897), Charles Daubigny (1817-1878), Henri Harpignies (1819-1916), Felix Ziem (1821-1911), Jules Breton (1827-1906), and Julien Dupre (1851-1910). Of these artists, Millet, Breton, and Dupre tended to focus on the life of the peasantry - Millet's work was accused of having political (i.e., socialistic) undertones. The Barbizon School was a forerunner of Impressionism, directly influencing Camille Pissarro (1830-1893). Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) was directly influenced by Jean-Francois Millet's paintings of the peasants of the Barbizon countryside. The name of the school is taken from the village of Barbizon, on the edge of the Fontainebleau Forest, which had originally been a royal reserve, about 50 miles south of Paris. Both Theodore Rousseau and Jean Francois Millet lived in Barbizon in the later years of their lives. Check out our
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Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot was born in 1796 in Paris, France. He died in 1875 at the age of 78 in Paris. Initially apprenticing as a draper, he didn't begin seriously studying art until he was 26. Schooled in the Neo-Classical tradition, he is generally included among the Barbizon School, an art movement, initially inspired by the landscapes of John Constable exhibited in the 1824 Paris Salon. Corot in turn was an important influence on the Impressionist group of painters. [More...]
Pierre-Etienne Theodore Rousseau was born in 1812 in Paris, France, and died in 1867, aged 55. Locked out of the Paris Salon until 1848, like many other artists refusing to conform to the "classicist" style, Rousseau struggled for many years to gain recognition and appreciation of his work. His often desolate and stormy landscapes were the exact opposites of the serenity and placidness of the classical ideal. [More...]
Jean-Francois Millet was born in 1814 in Gruchy, Normandy, and died in 1875, aged 60. His parents were peasant farmers. In Millet's early career, primarily painting portraits and genre scenes, he struggled to be successful, alternating between Cherbourg, Le Havre, and Paris. In the 1840s, he was amoung a group of artists influenced by the landscapes of John Constable to abandon formalism and return to nature. Later in his career he settled in the town of Barbizon, on the edge of the Fontainebleau Forest, which gave its name to the movement he helped found. Millet's paintings of peasant farmers were a principal influence on Vincent Van Gogh. [More...]
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The Plateau of Ormesson - a Path Through the Corn
by Francois-Louis Francais (1814-1897)
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Morning Effect, Silver Birches and a River
by Paul Desire Trouillebert (1829-1900)
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Peasant and Peasant Woman Planting Potatoes, 1885
by Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890)
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