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Barbizon
This French school of naturalistic landscape painting began to flourish in the 1830s and continued into the 20th century. It gets its name from the village of Barbizon which is about 30 miles southeast of Paris in the Forest of Fontainbleau. These artists rejected the traditional Academic formula for landscape painting which saw nature as a studied backdrop for historic and dramatic activity, royal domestic life or mythological tableaus. Instead, they painted within the forest interiors, directly from nature or 'en plein air', peasant life and nature with unprettified simplicity. They were remarkable colorists who showed the dappled and shimmering details of the forest whereas the Academic ideal esteemed high finish and contrasting colors. Among the best known Barbizon artists are Millet, Daubigny, Harpignies and Corot.
Fermieres et troupeau pres d’une riviere
Victor de Grailly
(1804-1889)
Oil on canvas
Signed, lower right
19 ¾ x 25 inches
27 x 32 ¾ inches, framed
Le Morin aux Closeaux
Alexandre Jacob
(1876-1972)
Oil on board
Signed, lower left
11 x 9 ¾ inches
16 ½ x 17 ⅝ inches, framed
Paysage Anime, 1880
Emile-Henri Keymeulen
(1840-1882)
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated, lower right
39 ½ x 60 ½ inches
48 ¼ x 69 ½ inches, framed
Literature: E. Bénézit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs, Vol. 7, cited page 777
At the Spring
Léon Richet
(1847-1907)
Oil on canvas
Signed ‘Léon Richet,’ lower left
36 ⅝ x 26 ¾ inches
42 x 32 ⅝ inches, framed
L' Etang dans la foret de Barbizon
Henri - Joseph Harpignies
(1819-1916)
Oil on canvas
29 x 39 ½ inches
38 ½ x 48 inches, framed
At the Pond
Léon Richet
(1847-1907)
Oil on canvas
Signed “Léon Richet,” lower right
19 ¼ x 25 ⅛ inches
33 ⅛ x 39 ⅛ inches, framed
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La Meuse à Vaucouleurs
Edmond Marie Petitjean
(1844 -1925)
Oil on canvas
Signed, lower left
18 ⅛ x 21⅝ inches
26 ¼ x 33 ¾ inches, framed
Le village au bord de la rivière
Edmond Marie Petitjean
(1844 -1925)
Oil on canvas
Signed, lower left
19 ¼ x 27 ½ inches
27 ⅜ x 35 inches, framed
Soleil sur le marécage
Alexandre Jacob
(1876-1972)
Oil on canvas
Signed, lower right
14 ⅜ x 13 ⅛ inches
19 ⅜ x 18 ¼ inches, framed
Bord de mer
Raymond Jean Verdun
(1873-1954)
Oil on canvas
Signed, lower left
20 x 26 ¾ inches
27 ¼ x 33 ¼ inches framed
Paysage
Raymond Jean Verdun
(1873-1954)
Oil on canvas
Signed, lower right
13 ¼ x 18 ¼ inches
20 x 25 inches, framed
Paysage printanier
Albert Gabriel Rigolot
(1862-1932)
Oil on canvas
Signed, lower right
24 ¼ 19 ¾ inches
27 ⅝ x 23 ¼ inches, framed
