Ville d’Avray by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot - 1865 - 49.3 × 65.5 cm National Gallery of Art Ville d’Avray by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot - 1865 - 49.3 × 65.5 cm National Gallery of Art

Ville d’Avray

oil on canvas • 49.3 × 65.5 cm
  • Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot - July 16, 1796 - February 22, 1875 Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot 1865

The Barbizon school was a group of French landscape painters of the mid-19th century, based at Barbizon in the forest of Fontainebleau. They aimed to paint fresh, realistic scenes, sketching and painting their subjects in the open air. Members included Jean François Millet, Théodore Rousseau, Charles Daubigny and, of course, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot.