Signed 19th Century Barbizon French Oil Painting Landscape on Canvas

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View Signed 19th Century Barbizon French Oil Painting Landscape on Canvas with current marketplace pricing, condition, product images and item details. The painting is a typical impressionist work of the second half of the 19th century, part of the Barbizon School movement. Context: Many painters came to settle in Barbizon, attracted by the practice of "outdoors" and the forest of Fontainebleau. They fused traditional Dutch realism with French atmospheric sensibility. The painting takes up the classic codes of Barbizon landscapes: The subject: A peaceful rural landscape with a dirt road bordered by a water ditch (or a small river), trees with wispy foliage and small human figures in the distance to give scale. Light: The artist seeks to capture diffuse natural light, probably late afternoon, with careful reflections in the water. *The technique: We observe a fairly free touch and a generous use of the material (**impasto**), particularl. 57x46 cm/ 22x18 in The painting is a typical impressionist work of the second half of the 19th century, part of the Barbizon School movement. Context: Many painters came to settle in Barbizon, attracted by the practice of "outdoors" and the forest of Fontainebleau. They fused traditional Dutch realism with French atmospheric sensibility. The painting takes up the classic codes of Barbizon landscapes: The subject: A peaceful rural landscape with a dirt road bordered by a water ditch (or a small river), trees with wispy foliage and small human figures in the distance to give scale. Light: The artist seeks to capture diffuse natural light, probably late afternoon, with careful reflections in the water. *The technique: We observe a fairly free touch and a generous use of the material (**impasto**), particularly visible in the areas of earth and foliage. The painting is a typical impressionist work of the second half of the 19th century, part of the Barbizon School movement. Context: Many painters came to settle in Barbizon, attracted by the practice of "outdoors" and the forest of Fontainebleau. They fused traditional Dutch realism with French atmospheric sensibility. The painting takes up the classic codes of Barbizon landscapes: The subject: A peaceful rural landscape with a dirt road bordered by a water ditch (or a small river), trees with wispy foliage and small human figures in the distance to give scale. Light: The artist seeks to capture diffuse natural light, probably late afternoon, with careful reflections in the water. *The technique: We observe a fairly free touch and a generous use of the material (**impasto**), particularl Condition: Used. Category: Art › Paintings. Brand: Unbranded.

Theme

Landscape

Type

Oil

Current artistic

School french

Country of Origin

France

Style

Impressionism

Features

Signed, on canvas

Brand

Unbranded