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John Constable
click here for info In this year, Salon de Paris displayed John Constables art. It was very inspirring to many young artists.They started to draw rural scenes, they made nature the picture of the scene, not the backdrop of a major event. ex. The Hay Wain -
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Barbizon School
It is named after the city it was held in, which is near the Fontainebleu Forest, France. People would gather here to take part in the movement towards realism art. -
Constant Troyon
click here for info Constant Troyon was a French painter who was born in Sevres. He took up the family trade and became a porcelain director at the factory in his hometown. Around 1830, he took an interest in landscape painting and was a leading member of the Barbizon School. In 1847, Troyon traveled to Holland where he was influenced by Cuyp and Potter. His later work was primarily seascapes. this is LE BAC -
Th`eodore Rousseau
click here for info He was a leader at the school.At first he received a business training, but soon displayed aptitude for painting. Although his father regretted the decision at first, he became reconciled to his son leaving business, and throughout the artist's career (for he survived his son) was a sympathizer with him in all his conflicts with the Paris Salon authorities. this is The Fisherman -
Henri-joseph Harpignies
click for more info Henri Harpignies began painting in 1846 at the age of twenty-seven. He was a prolific and popular painter, earned a good living and made a name for himself in France. He is sometimes considered to be a member of the Barbizon School but the influence of Corot is more obvious. this is called Les bords de la Vollane -
Jules Dupr`e
click here for info He was a leader at the school. He once said, "If Corot stands for the lyric and Rousseau for the epic aspect of the poetry of nature, Dupré is the exponent of her tragic and dramatic aspects." this is Cows At Water -
Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña
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Narcisse Virgile was a very fomous painter from the Barbizon School this is Autumn, Forest Interior -
Jean-Francois Millet
click here for info He decided to make peacful paintings of nature, when he did this, he made a very famous painting called The Gleaners. -
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
click here for info Corot was the leading painter of the Barbizon school of France in the mid-nineteenth century. He is a pivotal figure in landscape painting and his vast output simultaneously references the Neo-Classical tradition and anticipates the plein-air innovations of Impressionism. this is Woman With A Pearl -
Charels- Francois Daubigny
click here for info He was a leader at the school. Initially Daubigny painted in a traditional style, but this changed after 1843 when he settled in Barbizon to work outside in nature.
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Carl Spitzweg
click here for info Carl Switzweg was one of the less famous artist of the Barbizon school but made a huge impact. this is LA LECTURE DU BREVIAIRE, LE SOIR
