Barbizon school

Théodore Rousseau, in full Pierre-Étienne-Théodore Rousseau (born April 15, 1812, Paris, France-died December 22, 1867, Barbizon), French painter who was a leader of the Barbizon school of landscape painters. His direct observation of nature made him an important figure in the development of landscape painting.

Jules Dupré (French Barbizon-School landscape painter, 1811–1889) Landscape by Moonlight, 1852. Oil on canvas, 23.4 × 24.6 in (59.5 × 62.5 cm). National Museum in Warsaw (MNW).

Théodore Rousseau 1812-1867 Frankrijk

Pierre Étienne Théodore Rousseau [French painter of the Barbizon school, 1812 –1867] The Barbizon school of painters were part of a movement towards realism in art, which arose in contrast to the dominant Romantic Movement of the time. 'Under the Birches, Evening' (also known as 'The Priest') National Gallery of Australia- Audio and additional background information on this painting: nga.gov.au/exhibition/turnertomonet/Detail.cfm?IRN=166686 ______ Scan and extensive digital restoration by…

Like other painters of the Hudson River School, Inness began his career painting with a tight, literal approach, but by the 1860s, he had adopted a looser, more passionate style of brushwork. In

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Millet wrote to his patron Frédéric Hartmann on February 18, 1873 that he had nearly completed this picture for the dealer Durand-Ruel and hoped to deliver it the following week: "It is a hillock, with a single tree almost bare of leaves, and which I have tried to place rather far back in the picture

"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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The Barbizon School artists, pioneers of naturalist painting) were drawn together by their passion and desire to elevate landscape painting.