Barbizon School Landscape Paintings

An evocative late 19th-century French oil on canvas depicting a young boy gathering firewood near a lily pond. Painted circa 1880, the work captures a quiet moment, focusing on the c...

19th Century Signed French Landscape Painting Credited Charles François Daubigny This beautiful and significant painting is a fine example of a river landscape from the Barbizon Scho...

An atmospheric twilight scene by Alessandro Altamura, depicting a tranquil river teeming with activity, likely set near the forest landscape of Fontainebleau in France. The compositi...

Signed "P. P. Schiedges" in the lower right corner. A poetic pastoral landscape depicting a flock of sheep grazing beneath slender autumn trees under a dramatic overcast sky. Execut...

An oil on panel idyllic landscape by Boggio. The painting is signed bottom left. An idealised lakeside landscape view with poplar trees in the style of the Barbizon school.

Early 20th Century French Barbizon School of a lake and cottage by G Jouyet. The painting is signed bottom left and there is a birthday inscription, signature and title to the back o...

An atmospheric sunset after the rain. The light reflected on the still-wet street is creating the most beautifully shimmering light. Two village women carrying baskets are chatting, ...

Dimensions with frame: 22 x 29,5 x 3,5 cm Signed "N. Diaz" in the lower left corner. A richly atmospheric 19th century Romantic landscape painting depicting an intimate woodland clearing animated by delicate figures and fluttering white doves. The composition unfolds beneath a dense canopy of trees, where dramatic brushwork and layered impasto create a sense of movement, mystery, and depth. At the center of the scene, small elegantly dressed figures appear gathered near the water’s edge, possibly engaged in a poetic or symbolic moment. The surrounding birds in flight add dynamism and luminosity, their pale forms contrasting beautifully against the deep greens, earthy browns, and golden highlights of the forest. The artist employs expressive, almost impressionistic brushstrokes, giving the foliage a vibrant, textural quality. Light filters through the trees, illuminating portions of the composition while leaving other areas in shadow, enhancing the romantic and slightly theatrical mood. Both mysterious and lyrical, this work evokes themes of nature, contemplation, and transcendence. It would make a compelling addition to a refined interior, particularly for collectors drawn to moody landscapes and narrative European painting of the 19th century. A compelling and atmospheric antique oil painting that beautifully captures the poetry of nature and the elegance of human presence within it. 19th century landscape painting, Romantic forest painting, antique woodland scene, European Romantic art, antique oil on canvas, atmospheric landscape artwork, forest clearing painting, figures in landscape, doves in painting, impressionistic brushwork, Continental school painting...

Oil on canvas painting by Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña (1807–1876), signed low left, a central figure of the Barbizon School. The painting depicts a ty...

Antique Landscape Oil Painting on fine canvas card by French artist, Henri Jordain (1861-1917). This painting is cleverly rendered in a moody Barbizon style, and captures a tree lin...

On offer is a moody glimpse of rural 19th-century France typical of the Barbizon School. Against a backdrop of a wintery pale golden sky, two men are fishing from the rocks above a r...

Claudia Bret-Charbonnier. French ( b.1863 - d.1951 ). Une Péniche Chargée De Barriques De Vin Sur Le Canal Du Midi. (A Barge Loaded With Barrels Of Wine On The Canal Du Midi). Oil On...

Title Jacques Alfred Brielman Barbizon Cattle Dog Rural Lane Oil Painting Key Details Artist: Jacques Alfred Brielman, French, 1836–1892, signed Title: A Landscape with Cattle and a ...

Godefroy de Hagemann (1820-1877) was a member of the Hanover dynasty, of German Princes. His full name was Godefroy Auguste Christian Volfgann baron de Hagemann, or Godefroy de Hagem...

This wonderfully evocative work aligns with one of the most significant movements in 19th-century European landscape painting, reflecting a major shift toward Naturalism and the dire...

An charming 19th century dog painting depicting a mother dogue and her exuberant topsy turvy pups by the farmhouse barns or cowsheds , with a young child given them a fuss! Dating from ca 1860-70, the oil on canvas is unsigned, but bears on the verso a rather special stamp from colour and artists supplies merchant Paul Durand-Ruel (1831-1922). Paul Durand-Ruel is known as the legendary art dealer who launched, almost single handedly, the Impressionist movement. He represented Monet, Pissarro, Sisley, Renoir in his Paris, London and New York Galleries. Like his father Jean Marie Durand, Durand Ruel had started as both a merchant of art supplies, and dealer. Often, these two activities overlapped, as he would supply cash strapped artists who left paintings as security. Paul Durand Ruel was one of the first to discover Barbizon artist...

An oil on panel view of a winter snow scene by Boggio. The painting is signed bottom right. A charming view of a snow scene, a river running by a bank heavy with snow.

Gilbert Munger Near Bourron, France, circa 1886 Signed lower left Oil on panel 13 x 18 inches Gilbert Munger was born on April 14, 1837 in Madison, Connecticut. He showed interest ...

Late 19th Century French Barbizon School oil on wood panel of poplar trees in a landscape by Richard. The painting is signed bottom left. The painting is on a quality chamfered panel. A very charming, almost impressionist, rendition of a line of iconic French trees in a landscape. Before them an earth drive has been ploughed up by the wheels of passing carts and horses. Richard has created a wonderful perspective that draws us in to the painting and he has created a contrast between the strong greens of the trees and fields against the whites and blues of the sky. The painting is reminiscent of the works of Monet from the 1890s. to whom the poplar trees were a continuing inspiration. The Barbizon school of painters was part of an art movement towards Realism in art, which arose in the context of the dominant Romantic Movement of the time. The Barbizon school was active roughly from 1830 through 1870. It takes its name from the village of Barbizon, France, on the edge of the Forest of Fontainebleau, where many of the artists gathered. Most of their works were landscape paintings, but several of them also painted landscapes with farmworkers, and genre scenes of village life. Some of the most prominent features of this school are its tonal qualities, colour, loose brushwork, and softness of form. The leaders of the Barbizon school were: Théodore Rousseau, Charles-François Daubigny, Jules Dupré, Constant Troyon, Charles Jacque, and Narcisse Virgilio Díaz. Jean-François Millet lived in Barbizon from 1849, but his interest in figures with a landscape backdrop sets him rather apart from the others. Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot was the earliest on the scene, first painting in the forest in 1829, but his work has a poetic and literary quality which sets him somewhat apart. Other artists associated with the school, often pupils of the main group, include: Henri Harpignies, Albert Charpin, François-Louis Français and Émile van Marcke. In 1824 the Salon de Paris exhibited works of John Constable, an English painter. His rural scenes influenced some of the younger artists of the time, moving them to abandon formalism and to draw inspiration directly from nature. Natural scenes became the subjects of their paintings rather than mere backdrops to dramatic events. During the Revolutions of 1848 artists gathered at Barbizon to follow Constable's ideas, making nature the subject of their paintings. The French landscape became a major theme of the Barbizon painters. Millet extended the idea from landscape to figures — peasant figures, scenes of peasant life, and work in the fields. In The Gleaners (1857), for example, Millet portrays three peasant women working at the harvest. Gleaners are poor people who are permitted to gather the remains after the owners of the field complete the main harvest. The owners (portrayed as wealthy) and their laborers are seen in the back of the painting. Millet shifted the focus and the subject matter from the rich and prominent to those at the bottom of the social ladders. To emphasize their anonymity and marginalized position, he hid their faces. The women's bowed bodies represent their everyday hard work. In the spring of 1829, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot came to Barbizon to paint in the Forest of Fontainebleau, he had first painted in the forest at Chailly in 1822. He returned to Barbizon in the autumn of 1830 and in the summer of 1831, where he made drawings and oil studies, from which he made a painting intended for the Salon of 1830; "View of the Forest of Fontainebleau'" (now in the National Gallery in Washington) and, for the salon of 1831, another "View of the Forest of Fontainebleau"'. While there he met the members of the Barbizon school: Théodore Rousseau, Paul Huet, Constant Troyon, Jean-François Millet, and the young Charles-François Daubigny. During the late 1860s, the Barbizon painters attracted the attention of a younger generation of French artists studying in Paris. Several of those artists visited Fontainebleau Forest to paint the landscape, including Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley and Frédéric Bazille. In the 1870s those artists, among others, developed the art movement called Impressionism and practiced 'plein air' painting. In contrast, the main members of the school made drawings and sketches on the spot, but painted back in their studios. The Post-Impressionist painter Vincent Van Gogh studied and copied several of the Barbizon painters as well, including 21 copies of paintings by Millet. He copied Millet more than any other artist. He also did three paintings in Daubigny's Garden. The Barbizon painters also had a profound impact on landscape painting in the United States. This included the development of the American Barbizon school by William Morris Hunt. Several artists who were also in, or contemporary to, the Hudson River School studied Barbizon paintings for their loose brushwork and emotional impact. A notable example is George Inness, who sought to emulate the works of Rousseau. Paintings from the Barbizon school also influenced landscape painting in California. The artist Percy Gray...

The Woodland Stream French Barbican artist, late 19th century/ early 20th century indistinctly signed lower corner, oil painting on board, unframed board: 24 x 29 inches Provenance: ...

A wonderful view of a river landscape with a rustic cottage and pollarded trees by Henri Sieurac. It isa rare, early and very fresh landscape by this Parisian artist which may well have been painted in the countryside around Barbizon, near the river Loing. Henry Sieurac had studied with his father, François Joseph Sieurac , and of Paul Delaroche...

➡️ LandscapeThe River from Rousseau⬅️ ⏩It is signed R Rousseau.⏪ ⭐Medium:⭐ Oil on canvas ⭐Technique: ⭐Impasto painting with expressive brushwork. ⭐Size:⭐47,5x31.5 cm / 18.5x1...

This beautiful painting is in perfect condition, never touched. It has an original period giltwood frame (gold leaf)

HENRI JOSEPH HARPIGNIES(1819–1916) Landscape at Twilight Oil painting on canvasImage Size: 24.6”x 20.6”Signed in oil, lower left Verso: Gallery label reading “The Lenz Gallery –Mi...

Eugene Petit 1839 - 1886 Signed E. Petit bottom right Oil on canvas Painting Size: 18 x 21 3/4" (46 x 56cm) Outside Frame Size: 25 x 28 3/4" (63 x 73cm) Free Shipping He was born ...

Théodore Rousseau (French, 1812-1867) Personnages sur un sentier escarpé au coucher de soleil, 1845-50 Oil on paper laid on canvas Canvas: 12 x 9.75 inches (30.5 x 24.8 cm) Frame: 18...

Rooster and Hens in the Barnyard William Baptiste Baird (U.S./France 1847-1917) Oil on panel Signed lower right "W. Baird" 12 1/4 x 9 inches A stunning example of William Baptiste...

French School mid 19th Century Animated dune landscape, oil on cardboard panel 12.4 x 29.8 cm bears a small inscription "Escoublac" on the lower right, not visible under the actual ...

This luminous 19th century oil on canvas captures a serene woodland path dappled with golden afternoon light. The artist’s masterful brushwork conveys both the weight and texture of ...

Beautiful oil painting by Ernest Ange Duez depicting an elegant young lady leaning against a stone wall in a country setting. Oil on canvas Signed lower right Canvas dimensions: 12...

Cows at the watering place. This exquisite and beautiful painting represents a rural scene on a beautiful summer day. The influence of the Barbizon school is clearly visible. This p...

Charles Glize was an artist active in the Provence region of France, specifically the countryside in and around Marseille. He has a diverse oeuvre ranging from the highly formal — pa...

Theodore LEVIGNE Oil on Canvas Picture Size: 20 x 24" (51 x 61cm) Outside Frame Size: 27 x 31" (67 x 77cm) Born in 1848 and died in 1912 in Lyon, France Painter of figures, portrait...

An oil on panel idyllic landscape by Boggio. The painting is signed bottom right. An idealised lakeside landscape view of a shady glen in the style of the Barbizon school.

Jean Alexandre DEFAUX (1826-1900) Lake landscape with characters Oil on canvas signed low right Frames by Gault (Paris) Size canvas : 32 X 52 cm - Size frame : 52 X 72 cm Jean Alexa...

Oil on canvas by Paul-Desire TROUILLEBERT (1831-1900), France, 2nd part of the 19th C. Saint-Martin-de-Tours church in Sartouville near Paris. With frame: 58.5x51 cm - 25.2x22 inches...

Louis Aimé Japy 1840 - 1916 Oil painting on canvas Fully signed Picture Size: 21.25 x 28.25" (54 x 72cm) Outside Frame Size: 28.25 x 35.25" (72 x 89cm) Excellent age appropriate con...

Spanish Impressionist River Landscape with Bridge and Figure, c.1925 Artist: Unknown Period: c.1925 Style: Spanish School, Impressionist / Barbizon-inspired landscape Medium: Oil on...

Work on canvas board Dimension with frame : 34 x 42 x 5 cm This atmospheric oil painting on cardboard unsigned and dating from the late 19th to early 20th century, depicts a tranqu...

René Charles Edmond His (1877-1960) Lanscape by the Pond Oil on canvas signed low left Old frame gilded with leaves Size canvas : 51 X 65 cm Size frame : 67 X 81 cm René Charles ...

Karl Pierre DAUBIGNY With price reaching upwards of $36 000 this is opportunity to purchase a piece by an artist who was at the forefront of the impressionist movement at a price that has great potential investment. It has excellent provenance coming from the continent via Christies in the 1980s and is in many important museums from the Musée d’Orsay, Paris to the Rijksmuseum, The Hague. Oil on panel Panel size: 11 x 21" (28 x 54cm) Outside frame size: (48 x 74cm) Born on 19 June 1846 in Paris and died on 25 May 1886 Painter of animals, landscapes, marines in both oil and watercolours Karl Pierre Daubigny was the son of, Charles Francois Daubigny, one of the original eight Barbizon painters and one of the leading landscapists of his time. Taught by his father, who greatly influenced him, Karl Daubigny travelled the French countryside painting...

The Woodland Cottage by CLOVIS FRÉDÉRICK TERRAIRE (French, 1858-1931) signed oil on canvas, framed in antique gilt frame framed: 14 x 18.5 inches canvas: 10 x 14.5 inches provenance:...

This small painting of the Forest at Fontainebleau in France is an excellent example of the Barbizon School. The Barbizon School of artists were working in France roughly between 182...

A highly idyllic and unique Barbizon painting, depicting the women of a region all at the water's edge doing the wash. In 19th century France this was an everyday occurrence but this...

Charles Jay Taylor American, 1855-1929 Ships in the Moonlight Oil on Canvas 32 ¼ by 42 in, w/ frame 36 ¾ by 46 ¾ in Signed lower left Charles Jay Taylor was born in New York in 185...

This superb oil on canvas painting was designed by Félix Eugène Bellenot (1892 - 1963). This vibrant and passionate composition represents the port of Sainte Maxime in France within ...

Antoine Williams Zarra (1820-1892) was an international man of mystery. When not painting in the rural village of Barbizon and its environs, he was mo...

An oil on panel view of a winter snow scene by Boggio. The painting is signed bottom right. A charming view of a snow scene, a river running by a stile heavy with snow.

An oil on panel view of a winter snow scene by Boggio. The painting is signed bottom right. A charming view of a snow scene, a river running under a bridge heavy with snow. A Christ...

Edouard Woutermaertens A wonderful example of one of Belgium's most highly collected animal painters work. Painted on a beautiful panel it is signed and inscribed by the artist on t...

French Barbizon School watercolour on paper view of a church and its tower in a landscape by Henri Clamen. The painting is unsigned but was acquired from the artist's atelier with ot...

Moody Paul Andorff painting of a town, stormy skies and foreboding! Housed in a period European frame circa 1875. Pairs very well with the other Paul Andorff painting that we have l...

➡️ Landscape the pond⬅️ ⏩It is signed Moniéry⏪ Rouen on the banks of the Seine ⭐Medium:⭐ Oil on canvas ⭐Technique: ⭐Impasto painting with expressive brushwork. ⭐Size:⭐46x55cm / ...

Beautiful oil painting on board of a sunset in Epsom, England by the British painter, Harold Sutton Palmer. Signed S. Palmer lower right. The painting is it’s original frame. Gold painted over original gilding. Overall framed measurements are 14 by 20 inches. Condition is very good. Epsom is a market town in Surrey, England, 13.7 miles (22.0 km) southwest of London, between Ashtead and Ewell. The town straddles chalk downland (Epsom Downs...

Provenance The artist; By descent in the family to the artist's great-grandaughter, until 2023 Born on a small island near Martha's Vineyard, R. Swain Gifford and his family moved t...

A wonderful and detailed landscape painting signed and inscribed oil on canvas painting by Edmond Petitjean, (French 1844-1925). Condition: Excellent. Looks like it was recently cle...

An oil on panel idyllic forest landscape by Boggio. The painting is not signed but was acquired from the artists atelier with other works also listed here on 1stDibs. An idealised f...

John Appleton Brown Snowy Afternoon Signed lower right Oil on canvas 18 x 24 inches Starting in 1866, John Appleton Brown trained at the Louvre in Paris under the guidance of Jean-...

This is beautiful little 19th century oil painting on panel. Painted in the barbizon school style. It is a lovely example of pastoral artwork, depicting a sweet little country scen...

Signed figures in riverscape oil on canvas by French Barbizon painter Leon Augustin Lhermitte. The piece depicts a rural landscape with washerwomen in traditional Breton clothing was...