Barbizon school

Théodore Rousseau, Under the Birches

Having failed to win the Academy prize that would finance a study trip to Italy, in 1816 Géricault decided to visit that country at his own expense, arri...

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Road in a Wood, Constant Troyon. French Barbizon School Painter (1810 - 1865)

Diana Olivia Winifred Maud Cooper, Viscountess Norwich, née Lady Diana Manners (1892-1986) was one of those society beauties who was too attractive to capture with oil or any other kind of paints. Not that a few artists didn't try, and some of their efforts are shown below. On the other hand, cameras love certain kinds of beauty (and vice-versa, I assume). So the best images of Lady Diana Cooper seem to come via photography, as also can be seen below. The photo at the top of this post is by…

Shepherdess at dawn (or sunset?) Well, this is definitely a night-scene! The Horizon

"Always remember we are under the same sky, looking at the same moon." Maxine Lee Henri-Joseph Harpignies - Moonlight, 1889.

"Landscape with a Sunlit Stream" (Circa 1877), Charles-François Daubigny (French, 1817–1878), Oil on canvas. Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York).

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