Leon Richet Art

French, 1847-1907

Richet spent much of his adult life in Paris. It was there that he met and became a student of Jules Lefebvre. He also became a disciple of Diaz la Pena. Both of these teachers were well-known proponents of the Barbizon School. The Barbizon school of painters was part of a movement towards Realism in art, which arose in the context of the dominant Romantic Movement of the time. The Barbizon school was active from roughly 1830 until 1870, was inspired originally by the work on John Constable, and included, most notably, Theodore Rousseau and Jean-Francois Millet. It takes its name from the village of Barbizon, France, near the Forest of Fontainebleau, where many of the artists gathered. Some of the most prominent features of this school are its tonal qualities, color, loose brushwork, and softness of form. These Realist artists would shape Richet’s style and in turn his successful career as a landscape painter. The artist sometimes collaborated with Lefebvre; there are several paintings that bare both of their signatures. Lefebvre’s teaching is evident in paintings such as this L’étang Les Hautes herbes, in the delicate way in which Richet accurately depicted the effects of light and reflection on the water. His compositions, such as this one, are known for their lightness and openness. These qualities set Richet apart from his mentors and counterparts, such as Diaz and Corot; whose work often comprises enclosed and shadowy views of nature. This meant Richet enjoyed a successful and prolific career, and his work was widely exhibited during his own lifetime. At the Salons of Paris, he obtained an honorable mention in 1885, medals in 1896 and 1900; and from then on was considered to be a leader in the Barbizon School, and later proposed for the cross of the Legion of Honor. Like many painters of the Barbizon School, Richet had a fondness for the Forest of Fontainebleau, and it provided the subjects for the majority of his paintings. A Road to the Forest of Fontainebleau was perhaps his most famous painting and drew public attention to his name at the time it was painted. Richet also loved the areas of Moret Sur Loing, Loiret, Normandy, and Burgundy as sources for his painterly inspiration, as well as views along the River Seine. He was a member of the Society of French Artists and exhibited with them from 1880 until his death in 1907.

Leon RichetFrench Girl with Flowered Hat with Impressive Sfumato Technic by Leon Richet, late 1800s

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French Girl with Flowered Hat with Impressive Sfumato Technic by Leon Richet

By Leon Richet

Located in Stockholm, SE

Introducing a stunning portrait by renowned French artist Léon Richet (1847-1907), depicting a young girl adorned with a beautiful floral wreath and a hat perched atop her head. This...

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Late 19th Century Barbizon School Leon Richet Art

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Oil, Panel

Leon Richet19th-Century Barbizon Painting, River Landscape, Fontainebleau, c. 1880

$5,360

19th-Century Barbizon Painting, River Landscape, Fontainebleau

By Leon Richet

Located in Cheltenham, GB

This late 19th-century oil on canvas by Léon Richet (1843-1907) captures a quiet stretch of water in the Forest of Fontainebleau - a place the artist knew with intimate devotion. It ...

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19th Century Barbizon School Leon Richet Art

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Canvas, Oil

Leon RichetAntique Landscape Painting, Oil on Canvas, 19th Century, Signed

$6,528

Antique Landscape Painting, Oil on Canvas, 19th Century, Signed

By Leon Richet

Located in PARIS, FR

Conditions: Good to very good state of conservation. On its original canvas, we can date the work to 1860 or 1870. Signature: Leon Richet at the bottom. Complementary shipping worlwi...

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19th Century Impressionist Leon Richet Art

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Oil

Antique French Barbizon School Oil on Canvas Painting by Léon Richet

$17,500

Antique French Barbizon School Oil on Canvas Painting by Léon Richet

By Leon Richet

Located in New Orleans, LA

Antique French Barbizon school framed oil on canvas painting "Summer Landscape with Trees" by Léon Richet (1847-1907).

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19th Century French Barbizon School Antique Leon Richet Art

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Canvas, Paint, Wood

Leon RichetThe Cliffs Of Treport - Normandy Etretat, oil on wood by Léon Richet, 1843-1907

$5,104

The Cliffs Of Treport - Normandy Etretat, oil on wood by Léon Richet

By Leon Richet

Located in PARIS, FR

Conditions : Excellent overall, oil on board framed in an original period frame. Minor 3 mm retouching under UV light. (As seen on picture) Complementary shipping worlwide by DHL,...

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Late 19th Century Impressionist Leon Richet Art

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Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor

Leon RichetClassical 19th century French Nude of a lady in the Barbizon Forest landscape., Circa 1870

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Classical 19th century French Nude of a lady in the Barbizon Forest landscape.

By Leon Richet

Located in Woodbury, CT

Classical 19th century French Nude of a lady in the Barbizon Forest landscape. Richet spent much of his adult life in Paris. It was there that he met and became a student of Jules L...

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1860s Victorian Leon Richet Art

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Oil, Canvas

Leon RichetBejeweled woman within a Barbizon Landscape, 19th Century French, 1872

$18,000

Bejeweled woman within a Barbizon Landscape, 19th Century French

By Leon Richet

Located in New York, NY

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...

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1870s Barbizon School Leon Richet Art

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Oil, Panel

Leon RichetNormandy Cliff Landscape Painting, Oil on Board, Signed, 19th Century, 1843-1907

$5,104

Normandy Cliff Landscape Painting, Oil on Board, Signed, 19th Century

By Leon Richet

Located in PARIS, FR

Conditions : Excellent conditions, oil on board in its original period gilt frame. Récent varnish Minor 3 mm retouching under UV light. (As seen on picture). Complementary shipping ...

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Late 19th Century Impressionist Leon Richet Art

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Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor

Antique French Oil On Canvas, "La Chaumière à Fontainebleau" by Leon Richet.

$10,650

Antique French Oil On Canvas, "La Chaumière à Fontainebleau" by Leon Richet.

By Leon Richet

Located in New Orleans, LA

Antique 19th Century French Oil On Canvas Painting, "La Chaumière à Fontainebleau" by Barbizon Artist Leon Richet (1847-1907). This lovely pastoral painting is of a thatched cottage...

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Late 19th Century French Barbizon School Antique Leon Richet Art

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Paint, Canvas, Wood

Barbizon School Painting, Jules Dupré "Landscape by the River", Oil on Canvas

$118,400Sale Price|20% Off

H 29.5 in W 33.25 in D 3.5 in

Barbizon School Painting, Jules Dupré "Landscape by the River", Oil on Canvas

By Jules Dupré

Located in Montreal, Quebec

Rare, large and very beautiful oil painting by Jules Dupré (1811-1889), a French artist famous for his dramatic paintings of forests around Paris and one of the leaders of the Barbiz...

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19th Century French Barbizon School Antique Leon Richet Art

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Canvas, Wood

Edgars VintersLandscape. 1990. Oil on cardboard, 24x32, 5 cm, 1990

$455Sale Price|20% Off

H 9.45 in W 12.8 in D 0.08 in

Landscape. 1990. Oil on cardboard, 24x32, 5 cm

By Edgars Vinters

Located in Riga, LV

Landscape. 1990. Oil on cardboard, 24x32,5 cm Edgars Vinters (1919-2014) Edgars Vinters is working in oil, watercolor and monotype techniques. He paints landscapes in different seas...

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1990s Impressionist Leon Richet Art

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Oil, Cardboard

Claudia Bret-CharbonnierBarge Carrying Wine Barrels The Canal Du Midi Languedoc Oil Painting Circa 1920

$5,903

H 33.86 in W 41.34 in D 3.15 in

Barge Carrying Wine Barrels The Canal Du Midi Languedoc Oil Painting Circa 1920

Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset

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...

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Early 20th Century Barbizon School Leon Richet Art

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Oil, Canvas

Edgars VintersLandscape. 2007. Oil on cardboard, 22x30, 5 cm, 2007

$455Sale Price|20% Off

H 17.33 in W 23.63 in D 0.08 in

Landscape. 2007. Oil on cardboard, 22x30, 5 cm

By Edgars Vinters

Located in Riga, LV

Landscape. 2007. Oil on cardboard, 22x30,5 cm Edgars Vinters (1919-2014) Edgars Vinters is working in oil, watercolor and monotype techniques. He paints landscapes in different seas...

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Early 2000s Impressionist Leon Richet Art

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Oil, Cardboard

Framed Oil Painting on Canvas by Leon Bourdon (1880-1945)

$1,980

H 29.5 in W 33 in D 2 in

Framed Oil Painting on Canvas by Leon Bourdon (1880-1945)

Located in Dallas, TX

Framed Oil Painting on Canvas by Leon Bourdon (1880-1945) is entitled 'Riverside' and is a quietly atmospheric landscape, capturing the poetry of nature with a restrained and thought...

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Early 20th Century French Barbizon School Leon Richet Art

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Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

Mother dog and her puppies, 19th Century French Barbizonf armhouse painting, circa 1870

$1,000

H 27.17 in W 31.89 in D 0.4 in

Mother dog and her puppies, 19th Century French Barbizonf armhouse painting

Located in Norwich, GB

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...

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1860s Barbizon School Leon Richet Art

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Canvas, Oil

John Devoluy"Man with a yellow rose", Surrealist John Devoluy (1903-1982) Oil on canvas, 1950 c.

$2,000

H 28.75 in W 24.02 in

"Man with a yellow rose", Surrealist John Devoluy (1903-1982) Oil on canvas

Located in New York, NY

John Devoluy (1903-1982) Man with a yellow rose, 1950 c. Oil on canvas 28 3/4 x 24 inches l 73 x 61 cm With frame: 30 3/4 x 26 inches l 78 x 66 cm John Devoluy was born in 1903 and ...

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1950s Surrealist Leon Richet Art

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Canvas, Oil

G RicardImpressionist Landscape, Les Alpilles en Provence, Hommage à Yves Brayer

$854

H 17.33 in W 24.02 in

Impressionist Landscape, Les Alpilles en Provence, Hommage à Yves Brayer

Located in Cotignac, FR

A French Impressionist Fauvist Color-Field watercolour on clay paper landscape by G Ricard. The painting is signed bottom left and painted on the reverse of an exhibition poster for ...

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Late 20th Century Impressionist Leon Richet Art

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Watercolor

Carolien van OlphenFeeling Good -21st Century Portrait Painting of a young guy, 2021

$6,172

H 48.04 in W 27.56 in D 1.97 in

Feeling Good -21st Century Portrait Painting of a young guy

By Carolien van Olphen

Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant

Carolien van Olphen Feeling Good Oil on wood panel 122 x 70 cm (Framed 130 x 78 cm, frame is included) Dutch artist Carolien van Olphen has left a great impression in many places w...

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2010s Contemporary Leon Richet Art

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Oil, Wood Panel

Antique Hudson River School Oil On Canvas Landscape Painting c1900

$600Sale Price|20% Off

H 20.75 in W 25 in D 2.5 in

Antique Hudson River School Oil On Canvas Landscape Painting c1900

Located in Big Flats, NY

Antique Hudson River School Oil On Canvas Landscape Painting Unsigned C1900 Measures - 20 5/8" x 24 7/8" x 2 3/8" An unsigned oil on canvas painting from the Hudson River School, d...

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Early 20th Century Leon Richet Art

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Wood

Godefroy De HagemannFrench Barbizon rural landscape: young girls chatting by the village gates, circa 1860

$3,800

H 24.81 in W 30.32 in D 2.37 in

French Barbizon rural landscape: young girls chatting by the village gates

Located in Norwich, GB

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...

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Mid-19th Century Barbizon School Leon Richet Art

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Canvas, Oil

Cuzco School Oil on Canvas Painting of San Isidoro, Antique, Framed

$3,400

H 34.5 in W 26.25 in D 2 in

Cuzco School Oil on Canvas Painting of San Isidoro, Antique, Framed

Located in Bradenton, FL

Cuzco School Oil on Canvas Painting of San Isidoro the Laborer, patron saint of farmers and peasants. The saint is shown as a monumental figure dominating the pictorial space, an ico...

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19th Century Peruvian Spanish Colonial Antique Leon Richet Art

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

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Leon Richet"Woman with Parasol and her dog" 19th century Barbizon French oil on panel, 1880s-1890s

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H 24 in W 18.5 in

"Woman with Parasol and her dog" 19th century Barbizon French oil on panel

By Leon Richet

Located in New York, NY

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...

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19th Century Barbizon School Leon Richet Art

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Oil, Panel

Leon RichetAntique French Impressionist Young Woman Portrait Landscape Framed Oil Painting, 1880

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H 29 in W 22 in D 2 in

Antique French Impressionist Young Woman Portrait Landscape Framed Oil Painting

By Leon Richet

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique French impressionist landscape oil painting by Leon Richet (1847 - 1907). Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring 22 by 29 inches overall and 15 by 20 painting alone.

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1880s Impressionist Leon Richet Art

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Oil, Canvas

French Barbizon Antique Landscape Oil Painting of Sunset by Léon Richet

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H 23 in W 31.38 in D 2.56 in

French Barbizon Antique Landscape Oil Painting of Sunset by Léon Richet

By Leon Richet

Located in Shippensburg, PA

LÉON RICHET  French, 1847-1907   Sunset Gold: Barbizon Oil on canvas signed Léon Richet lower right Item # 407SPJ10A A highly atmospheric example of Richet's work, it edges on T...

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Early 20th Century French Barbizon School Leon Richet Art

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Canvas, Paint

Antique French Barbizon School Oil on Canvas Landscape Painting by Leon Richet

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H 29 in W 36.5 in D 4.25 in

Antique French Barbizon School Oil on Canvas Landscape Painting by Leon Richet

By Leon Richet

Located in New Orleans, LA

Antique French oil on canvas rural landscape painting signed by Barbizon painter Leon Richet (1847-1907).

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19th Century French Barbizon School Antique Leon Richet Art

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Canvas, Paint, Wood

Leon RichetUn Sois-Bois, Barbizon forest scene, 1861

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H 28 in W 36.75 in D 4 in

Un Sois-Bois, Barbizon forest scene

By Leon Richet

Located in New York, NY

Richet was a classic Barbizon artist and this "Forest Interior" as they are aptly called, is very beautiful and a great nature study. It is in its original period frame which has be...

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1860s Barbizon School Leon Richet Art

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Canvas, Oil

French Barbizon Antique Summer Landscape Painting by Léon Richet

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H 24.75 in W 31.5 in D 1 in

French Barbizon Antique Summer Landscape Painting by Léon Richet

By Leon Richet

Located in Shippensburg, PA

A well-worn dirt path makes its way past a small pond with bleary reflections capturing the trees immediately behind it, the largest gnarled with the upper portion having felled long...

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19th Century French Barbizon School Antique Leon Richet Art

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Paint

Barbizon Landscape Painting of Farm by Léon Richet, c. 1880

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H 23.898 in W 31.748 in D 2 in

Barbizon Landscape Painting of Farm by Léon Richet, c. 1880

By Leon Richet

Located in Shippensburg, PA

A very fine landscape scene of a rural farm house, a dirt path meanders through autumnal grasses before a rickety fence lining the property of the stone and stucco farm house with it...

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19th Century French Barbizon School Antique Leon Richet Art

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Canvas, Paint

Leon Richet"Sunset on the River", Circa 1885

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H 9.5 in W 13 in D 2 in

"Sunset on the River"

By Leon Richet

Located in Southampton, NY

Sunset on the river by French artist, Leon Richet. Oil on wood panel. Circa 1885. Signed lower left. Framed size 13.5 by 16.5 inches. Born in Solesme, France in 1847, Léon Richet was of the generation of painters raised during the height of the Barbizon school. He was a student of Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Pena...

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1880s Barbizon School Leon Richet Art

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Board, Oil

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