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.
Ville d’Avray
oil on canvas • 49.3 × 65.5 cm