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| − | '''The Barbizon School''' was a group of [[French]] [[landscape]] painters active from the | + | '''The Barbizon School''' was a group of [[French]] [[landscape]] painters active from the 1830s to 1870s. They were named after the village of Barbizon (near Fontainebleau Forest, France) where they worked to produce their art painting nature directly. Members of this group were [[Camille Corot]], Charles-François Daubigny, [[Jean-François Millet]] and Théodore Rousseau. They followed [[John Constable]], who pioneered in making [[landscape]] painting a faithful depiction of nature, as their model. |
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The Barbizon School was a group of French landscape painters active from the 1830s to 1870s. They were named after the village of Barbizon (near Fontainebleau Forest, France) where they worked to produce their art painting nature directly. Members of this group were Camille Corot, Charles-François Daubigny, Jean-François Millet and Théodore Rousseau. They followed John Constable, who pioneered in making landscape painting a faithful depiction of nature, as their model.
Corot, The Road to Sevres.
Millet, The Angelus.
