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Overview
What is Barbizon School?
c. 1830 – 1870Period
Barbizon, FranceBegan in
12Key artists on this page
12Works with free images
7Museums to visit
The Barbizon School (French: école de Barbizon, pronounced [ekɔl də baʁbizɔ̃]) is the name given to oil painters and others who were part of an art movement advancing Realism in art, which arose in the context of the dominant Romantic Movement of the time. Roughly active from 1830 through 1870, the "school" gained its name from the village of Barbizon, France, on the edge of the Forest of Fontainebleau, where many of the artists gathered. Most of their works were landscape painting, which occasionally included farmworkers, and genre scenes of village life. Some of the most prominent features of this school are its tonal qualities, color, loose brushwork, and softness of form. The leaders of the Barbizon School were: Théodore Rousseau, Charles-François Daubigny, Jules Dupré, Édouard Manet, Edgar Degas, Constant Troyon, Charles Jacque, and Narcisse Virgilio Díaz.From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
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An association of French landscape painters, c. 1840-70, who lived in the village of Barbizon and who painted directly from nature. Theodore Rousseau was a leader; Corot and Millet were also associated with the group.
The Gleaners by Jean-François Millet, 1857 · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Barbizon School is usually dated c. 1830 – 1870, beginning in Barbizon, France. Dates for art movements are approximate: artists joined and left, and styles overlapped.
French painters who worked near the village of Barbizon in the Forest of Fontainebleau and painted nature directly.
When was Barbizon School?
Barbizon School: c. 1830 – 1870. It began in Barbizon, France. Dates for art movements are approximate.
What are the main characteristics of Barbizon School?
Landscape treated as a subject in its own right; Painting from direct observation, often outdoors; Muted, earthy colours and loose brushwork; Humble rural life and peasants as subjects; A bridge between Romanticism and Impressionism.
The Gleaners by Jean-François Millet; Diana and Actaeon (Diana Surprised in Her Bath) by Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot; The Harvest by Charles-François Daubigny; The Woman with a Pearl by Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot; Les Chênes d'Apremont by Théodore Rousseau.
Where can I see Barbizon School art?
Department of Paintings of the Louvre (France), Musée d'Orsay (Paris, France), National Museum of Art of Romania (Bucharest), Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, United States), National Military Museum (Bucharest, Romania) hold works shown on this page.
