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Barbizon (Mid 19th Century)
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Barbizon
Group
of
French
painters
associated
with
the
Forest
of
Fontainebleau
near
Paris
and
especially
with
the
village
of
Barbizon.
The
main
members
of
this
informal
group
were
Narcisse
Diaz,
Jules
Dupré,
Théodore
Rousseau,
Constant
Troyon
and
Jean-François
Millet;
they
formed
a
recognizable
school
from
the
early
1830s
to
the
1870s.
Mainly
concerned
with
landscape,
they
had
little
interest
in
the
classical
conventions
of
Claude
and
Poussin
and
were
more
influenced
by
Dutch
landscape
painting
of
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Barbizon
Group of French painters associated with the Forest of Fontainebleau near Paris and especially with the village of Barbizon. The main members of this informal group were Narcisse Diaz, Jules Dupré, Théodore Rousseau, Constant Troyon and Jean-François Millet; they formed a recognizable school from the early 1830s to the 1870s. Mainly concerned with landscape, they had little interest in the classical conventions of Claude and Poussin and were more influenced by Dutch landscape painting of the 17th century and by the works of John Constable, whose Hay Wain (1821; London, N.G.) had been exhibited at the Salon of 1824. Because their work did not change radically over the decades, the Barbizon painters have often been treated mainly as a transitional generation, helping to bridge the gap between classical landscape painting of the late 18th century and the early 19th and Impressionism. However, as the first generation of French landscape painters to focus truly on nature, they have an importance and originality of their own. Romantic in their desire to break with conventions, their anti-urban sentiment and, above all, their lyrical appreciation of nature, they were Realist in their avoidance of the heroic, their preference for humble themes and sometimes in their technique.
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