Barbizon School Art

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, ...

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...

Connais-tu le Pays (Primavera) apres J. Rolshoven (Do you Know the Country -Spring) Etching, 1889 Signed "Julius Rolshoven" in pencil...

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 ...

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 ...

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:...

The Close of Day by Henry Jacques Delpy (French 1877-1957) signed lower corner oil on panel, framed framed: 23 x 34 inches panel: 21 x 31 inches Provenance: private collection, Pari...

The Barbizon Forest circle of Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (French 19th century bears signature, oil on wood panel (cradled), unframed panel: 30 x 19 inches provenance: private collec...

This late 19th-century (or early 20th) painting can have a deeply calming effect on the viewer. Based on the framing label, which points to a supplier located at the time in The Hagu...

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...

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...

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...

An atmospheric landscape in the last glow of the evening sun by a rare 19th Century master , Auguste Delâtre. Delâtre (1822-1902) was a pioneering pri...

Ohio-born painter William J. Forsyth (1854-1935) spent most of his life in Indianapolis and initially trained at the Indiana School of Art. But by 1882 Forsyth wanted to hone his drawing and rendering skills abroad. He enrolled at the Royal Academy in Munich, Germany. Fellow Hoosier students in Munich included artists T. C. Steele and J. Ottis Adams, which helped the new arrival’s transition. Forsyth painted figures like this one while in Munich. One intriguing indication that this piece may have been done during the artist’s Academy period is that a very similar portrait of a remarkably similar sitter was described at auction as "German School, 1891" with the inscription "G. Büttner/Munich '91." However, while there Forsyth shifted his interest to landscapes under the influence of American artist J. Frank Currier...

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...

One of early of the French artist’s works by Emile Godchaux (fra.: Émile Godchaux, 1860 - 1938), late 19th century. This amazing landscape takes us to a cloudy spring day, making us ...

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

Lithograph on Chine appliqué, 9 1/4 x 8 1/8 inches (235 x 206 mm), full margins. First state (of 4). Extremely minor uniform age tone, otherwise in good condition. A superb, richly-inked impression. [Delteil 61.1] ______ At an early age Delacroix became a lover of music and literature and had been drawing from the time he entered school.  He expected painting would be a hobby, but on the death of his father he found he had to make his own way in life.  In 1817 he entered the studio of Pierre-Narcisse Guerin; amongst his fellow pupils was Gericault.  His first exhibited work was Dante and Virgil...

Le Soir: Cerf et Herons (The Evening: Stag and Herons) Lithograph printed with brown tint stone, 1858 From: Animaux et Paysages d’apres Nature Published by Goupil, 1858 Signed in the stone lower left, Karl Bodmer Pinx. et lith. (see photo) Published by Goupil et Cie, Paris, with their blindstamp center, below image Printed by Bertauts, Paris (see photo) Condition: Excellent One stain verso, not visible on recto Full sheet Image size: 11 1/4 x 18 inches Sheet size: 17 3/4 x 24 3/4 inches Reference: Delteil 70 IFF 22, No. 1 Karl Bodmer (1809—1893) Painter, draftsman, and printmaker. Although he spent only two years in the United States and its territories, Bodmer's depictions of Western Indians...

Oil on canvas. 56x46.5 cm.Signed lower right, dated 1860 Provenance : - Gift of the artist to Monsieur Allou in March 1861- Sale by Allou and Ehrlier in February 1872 (Galerie George...

Pristine condition.

Ramon Pujol Grabulosa (1947) - Landscape with river - Oil on canvas Oil measures 60x73 cm. Frameless.

Our 19th Century painting of a mountain dwelling, bathed in soft light light is a fresh and relevant as if it had been created yesterday. Painted certainly in plein air on the motif,...

Signed center right N Diaz. All of our works are covered by our own guarantee of authenticity which covers the work for its lifetime of ownership with the purc...

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...

Marie Dieterle Artwork Size: 24 x 32" (61 x 81cm) Artwork Size with Frame: 32 x 40" (81 x 101cm) French 19/20th Century Dieterle established herself as...

Jacques Alfred Brielman (1836-1892) French. A Landscape with Cattle and a Dog in a Rural Lane, Oil on Canvas, Signed, Unframed 15" x 23" (38 x 58.5cm) condition: overall very good,...

Constant Troyon (French, 1810-1865) Vache en prairie Oil on canvas Canvas: 19 x 15 inches (48.3 x 38.1 cm) Framed: 28.75 x 24.75 x 3 Inches Artist's estate stamp lower right: Vente /...

Drawing of Fontainebleau Forest Barbizon, France Pierre Auguste Brunet Houard (1829 - 1922) 19th century Pencil, colored pencil, gouache, paper 8 x 4 1/2 (16 3/8 x 12 1/4 frame) inc...

VICTOR JEAN BAPTISTE BARTHELEMY BINET French, 1849-1924 This very attractive & early painting, circa 1875 by Binet, quintessentially defines the late Barbizon School period. Depicti...

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...

Rafael Batallé Mallarach (1953) - Catalan farmhouse - Oil on canvas Oil measures 46x38 cm. Frame measures 61x53 cm. Frame with signs of rust.

How often do 9 or 10-year-olds so connect with something that they know immediately it will be their lifelong calling? Belgian-born artist Jules G. Bahieu (1860-1895) started his tra...

MORIN Charles Camille (1846 – 1919) The Girl with goats by the river Oil on canvas signed low left Old frame gilded with leaves Dim canvas : 58 X 91 cm Dim Frame : 88 X 112 cm MORI...

MORISOT-PONTILLON Edma (1839-1921) Landscape from Ile de France Oil on canvas signed low right Old original frame gilded with leaves Dim canvas : 54 X 65 cm Dim frame : 86 X 75 cm...

Félix-François Georges Ziem 1821-1911 French Coucher de soleil, quai des Esclavons (Sunset, Dock of the Esclavons) Signed “Ziem” (lower right) Oil on panel Venice was a favorite ...

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...

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...

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...

The subdued palette of the subject trees sets them against a background of palest yellow into amber for a striking effect reminiscent of dawn. The artist, Eduard Caret, was born in P...

1866 Etching on cream wove paper. 5 1/2 x 4 3/8 inches (138 x 110 mm), full margins. Third state (of 4). Light scattered age tone, and time stain. Scattered extremely light areas of ...

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.

Etching on cream laid paper, 6 1/8 x 4 3/4 inches (156 x 120 mm), full margins. In good condition with some minor, uniform age tone. Printed by George Bertauts, Paris. [Beraldi II.140.26] Henri Béraldi Les graveurs du XIXe siècle: Guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. Librairie L. Conquet, vol. XII, Paris, 1885–1892, cat. no. 34, p. 140. __________ Well known in his native Germany as a watercolorist, Karl Bodmer had a rich experience exploring in North America in the 19th century, accompanying German explorer Prince Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied as the official artist on an expedition which toured the Missouri River...

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.

Leon RIchet Bejeweled woman within a Barbizon Landscape 1872 Oil on panel 24 x 18 inches (61 x 45.7 cm) Framed: 36 x 30 inches (91.4 x 76.2 cm) Signed: Léon Richet 72 Leon RIchet wa...

19th century French Barbizon School Painting, oil on canvas signed "Marin", Circa 1840. A very attractive bucolic, pastoral landsacpe scene with sheep grazing on the banks of a lake ...

Louis Aimé Japy (1840-1916) Oil on canvas Cows in river with village in background Signed lower right, Japy. Canvas 26” x 32” Overall in a period gilt frame 38” x 44”. Conditi...

A marsh landscape in the style of Max Weyl. Oil on board measures 12 3/4 x 23 5/8; frame dimensions measure 16 1/4 x 27 x 1 1/4. Unsigned. Housed in a gold-to...

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...

Oil on panel 15 1/4 x 10 inches ( 38.7 x 25.4 cm.) Framed: 24 x 18 1/2 inches (61 x 47 cm.) Signed lower left: Léon Richet Provenance: Private collection USA Léon Richet was born i...

Félix-François Georges Ziem 1821-1911 French On the Steps of the Salute, Venice Signed “Ziem” (lower left) Oil on panel The city of Venice was a favorite subject for French artis...

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...

Charles Francis De Klyn was born in Westchester County, New York, in 1865. A landscape, marine, portrait and figure painter, De Klyn studied in New York and Paris from 1886 to 1891, then taught at the Cleveland Art Club and the Cleveland School of Art. In 1893, he was one of the founders of the Cleveland Brush and Palette Club, and he exhibited at the National Academy of Design in 1894 and 1895. He was also a member of the Society of Western Artists. "A Fontainebleu" by Charles Francis De Klyn is a beautifully rendered Barbizon oil...

Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Pena French, 1807-1876 Clairiere et Mare aux Viperes, Foret de Fontainebleau Oil on panel 7 1⁄4 x 10 1⁄2 inches (18.5 x 26.5 cm) 13 x 16 ½ inches (33 x...

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...

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...

"Bords de l'Yonne" also referred to as "Le Canal" Oil on canvas, signed in the bottom left corner, 33x41cm, circa 1867 Origin: -Sotheby's sale July 05-06 1961, lot no. 131 -Walter ...

George Van Horn (Van) Millett (1864-1952) was perhaps the highest profile Kansas City artist at the turn of the last century. He has been listed in Benezit for nearly a century and i...

PROVENANCE Alfred J. Fisher Detroit Institute of Arts (bequeathed by the above and sold: Sotheby's, New York, November 3, 1999, lot 17) Private collection (acquired at the above sale...