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The Drexel Collection has a number of mid-19th century landscape paintings from the French Barbizon School (1830-1870), which focused on tonal qualities, soft forms, loose brushwork and rural landscapes. Charles-François Daubigny (1817-1878) was a landscape painter of the Barbizon School. His early work was highly detailed depicting peaceful landscapes. He later began to embrace broader brushstrokes and freer painting styles. These later works greatly influenced the Impressionist painters. The painting is hung in the president’s office in the Main Building.Label Type
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Charles-Francois Daubigny was a Barbizon School painter who worked in the en plein air style of painting from his little boat studio, Le Bottin. His early work had been traditional but as his style matured and he became more interested in natural light and its reflection on water, his brushwork became looser and more varied. His peaceful scenes of riverbanks and forest clearings are studies of water, sky and light. They were met with mixed reviews at the time, as some criticized their “unfinished” appearance, but Daubigny’s work would influence and inspire the first-generation Impressionists.Label Type
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A pre-cursor and champion of the Impressionists, Daubigny was one of the first French artists to paint
“en plein air” (out of doors). This landscape is typical of his later work and probably represents the River
Oise which was near his home in Auvers-sur-Oise. The landscape exemplifies the fresh and luminous
atmospheric conditions for which Daubigny was famous.