Barbizon School Paintings

The French painters who left the studio for the Forest of Fontainebleau and painted the countryside as they found it.

1830s–1870s. 135 paintings here, dated 1825 to 1877, with works by Camille Corot, Charles-François Daubigny, Jean-François Millet and Théodore Rousseau. They suit the living room, bedroom and guest room most often.

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A pensive faced woman sits, slightly hunched, holding a book.

Camille Corot Interrupted Reading, c. 1870 Art Institute of Chicago

Hagar in the Wilderness, Camille Corot, 1835, oil on canvas

Camille Corot Hagar in the Wilderness, 1835 The Met

Haystacks: Autumn, Jean-François Millet, ca. 1874, oil on canvas

Jean-François Millet Haystacks: Autumn, ca. 1874 The Met

The Forest in Winter at Sunset, Théodore Rousseau, ca. 1846–67, oil on canvas

Théodore Rousseau The Forest in Winter at Sunset, ca. 1846–67 The Met

La Cervara, the Roman Campagna, Camille Corot, c. 1830–31, oil on fabric

Camille Corot La Cervara, the Roman Campagna, c. 1830–31 Cleveland Museum of Art

Sibylle, Camille Corot, ca. 1870, oil on canvas

Camille Corot Sibylle, ca. 1870 The Met

Peasants Bringing Home a Calf Born in the Fields, Jean-François Millet, 1864, oil on canvas

Jean-François Millet Peasants Bringing Home a Calf Born in the Fields, 1864 Art Institute of Chicago

View of Genoa, Camille Corot, 1834, oil on paper, mounted on canvas

Camille Corot View of Genoa, 1834 Art Institute of Chicago

The Keeper of the Flock, Jean-François Millet, 1871–74, oil on canvas

Jean-François Millet The Keeper of the Flock, 1871–74 Art Institute of Chicago

Souvenir of the Environs of Lake Nemi, Camille Corot, 1865, oil on canvas

Camille Corot Souvenir of the Environs of Lake Nemi, 1865 Art Institute of Chicago

Arleux-Palluel, The Bridge of Trysts, Camille Corot, 1871–72, oil on canvas

Camille Corot Arleux-Palluel, The Bridge of Trysts, 1871–72 Art Institute of Chicago

In the Auvergne, Jean-François Millet, c. 1866–69, oil on canvas

Jean-François Millet In the Auvergne, c. 1866–69 Art Institute of Chicago

Landscape, Camille Corot, 1865/70, oil on canvas

Camille Corot Landscape, 1865/70 Art Institute of Chicago

Pond at Ville-d'Avray, Camille Corot, late 1860s, oil on fabric

Camille Corot Pond at Ville-d'Avray, late 1860s Cleveland Museum of Art

Monsieur Martin, Jean-François Millet, 1840, oil on fabric

Jean-François Millet Monsieur Martin, 1840 Cleveland Museum of Art

Toussaint Lemaistre (1807/8–1888), Camille Corot, 1833, oil on canvas

Camille Corot Toussaint Lemaistre (1807/8–1888), 1833 The Met

Landscape with Figures (Les Bohémiens), Camille Corot, 1872, oil on canvas

Camille Corot Landscape with Figures (Les Bohémiens), 1872 The Met

Boatman among the Reeds, Camille Corot, ca. 1865, oil on canvas

Camille Corot Boatman among the Reeds, ca. 1865 The Met

The Environs of Paris, Camille Corot, 1860s, oil on wood

Camille Corot The Environs of Paris, 1860s The Met

A Lane through the Trees, Camille Corot, ca. 1870–73, oil on canvas

Camille Corot A Lane through the Trees, ca. 1870–73 The Met

Portrait of a Child, Camille Corot, ca. 1835, oil on wood

Camille Corot Portrait of a Child, ca. 1835 The Met

River with a Distant Tower, Camille Corot, 1865, oil on canvas

Camille Corot River with a Distant Tower, 1865 The Met

View of Lormes, Camille Corot, early 1840s, oil on canvas

Camille Corot View of Lormes, early 1840s The Met

Autumn Landscape with a Flock of Turkeys, Jean-François Millet, 1872–73, oil on canvas

Jean-François Millet Autumn Landscape with a Flock of Turkeys, 1872–73 The Met

Landscape, Camille Corot, c. 1870/1875, oil on canvas

Camille Corot Landscape, c. 1870/1875 National Gallery of Art

This painting displays an outdoor scene with a large tree to the left and a low horizon with a few buildings and what look like boats floating on blue water on the right.

Camille Corot Souvenir of Terracina, 1864, reworked slightly later National Gallery of Art

We look across a lush landscape of olive-green forests lining a glimmering, silvery-blue lake with hills in the deep distance under a pale blue sky in this horizontal landscape painting.

Camille Corot The Moored Boatman: Souvenir of an Italian Lake, 1861 National Gallery of Art

Four people wearing earthy brown gather near a stream that runs through a lush forest carpeted and filled with moss, pine, and sage green trees and undergrowth, interlaced with thin, willowy tree trunks in this horizontal landscape…

Camille Corot The Eel Gatherers, 1860/1865 National Gallery of Art

This painting depicts a young woman from the chest upwards, seated in a slightly turned position to the left.

Camille Corot Portrait of a Young Girl, 1850 or 1859 National Gallery of Art

Portrait of a Man, Jean-François Millet, c. 1845, oil on canvas

Jean-François Millet Portrait of a Man, c. 1845 National Gallery of Art

Dense green vegetation surrounds a band of sun-dappled boulders that arc shallowly across this horizontal landscape painting. Just to our left of center and on our side of the boulders are several slender tree trunks.

Camille Corot Rocks in the Forest of Fontainebleau, 1860/1865 National Gallery of Art

We look slightly down onto a man riding a white horse away from us on a dirt road winding through a sun-drenched, rocky landscape in this horizontal painting.

Camille Corot A View near Volterra, 1838 National Gallery of Art

A sand-colored riverbank stretches in front of us to meet an arched bridge that spans a pale blue river to our right in this horizontal landscape painting. The scene is loosely painted so many details are indistinct.

Camille Corot Bridge on the Saône River at Mâcon, 1834 National Gallery of Art

Moss-green land rising to a tree-topped bluff follows the curve of a sandy beach surrounding a pale blue cove in this horizontal landscape painting.

Camille Corot Beach near Etretat, c. 1872 National Gallery of Art

A Pond in Picardy, Camille Corot, ca. 1867, oil on canvas

Camille Corot A Pond in Picardy, ca. 1867 The Met

Lormes: Goat-Girl Sitting Beside a Stream in a Forest, Camille Corot, 1842, oil on fabric

Camille Corot Lormes: Goat-Girl Sitting Beside a Stream in a Forest, 1842 Cleveland Museum of Art

A young woman reclines and reads a book near a stream that winds through a wooded landscape in this horizontal painting. Painted with rich pine green, trees tower along the riverbanks and fill most of the painting.

Camille Corot Forest of Fontainebleau, 1834 National Gallery of Art

The Pond at the Entrance of the Woods, Camille Corot, c. 1860–75, oil on fabric

Camille Corot The Pond at the Entrance of the Woods, c. 1860–75 Cleveland Museum of Art

Woman Feeding Chickens, Jean-François Millet, 1846-48, oil on canvas

Jean-François Millet Woman Feeding Chickens, 1846-48 Art Institute of Chicago

Monte Pincio, Rome, Camille Corot, 1840–50, oil on canvas

Camille Corot Monte Pincio, Rome, 1840–50 Art Institute of Chicago

Honfleur: Calvary, Camille Corot, ca. 1830, oil on wood

Camille Corot Honfleur: Calvary, ca. 1830 The Met

Study for "The Destruction of Sodom", Camille Corot, 1843, oil on canvas

Camille Corot Study for "The Destruction of Sodom", 1843 The Met

Garden Scene, Jean-François Millet, 1854, oil on canvas

Jean-François Millet Garden Scene, 1854 The Met

The painting depicts a rural scene with a wide, cloudy blue sky over a riverbank. On the right there are tall, dark green trees that stretch up to the top of the painting.

Camille Corot River View, 1868/1872 National Gallery of Art

This painting depicts a woman and a child standing in a wooded area. The woman holds a closed parasol in one hand and reaches down towards the child with the other.

Camille Corot Madame Stumpf and Her Daughter, 1872 National Gallery of Art

A pale-skinned woman sits at a table leaning over an open book in a brightly lit room in this loosely painted, horizontal scene.

Camille Corot Woman Reading in the Studio, c. 1868 National Gallery of Art

This horizontal landscape painting shows a cluster of tan and rust-brown buildings set on a tiny island at the center of a wide brownish-gray river.

Camille Corot The Island and Bridge of San Bartolomeo, Rome, 1825/1828 National Gallery of Art

We look across a grassy expanse leading to a lake, with several women, tiny in scale, dancing under a grove of trees to our right in this horizontal landscape painting.

Camille Corot Dance under the Trees at the Edge of the Lake, 1865/1870 National Gallery of Art

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