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The Barbizon School

forest first, subject second

Painters who left the studio for the forest of Fontainebleau and made the landscape the subject instead of the backdrop. The ground realism grew from.

works 7artists 4dates 1857 – 1871entry free
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A work made of oil on canvas.
Key work of the hall Jean François Millet The Keeper of the Flock 1871–74 · Oil on canvas
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Kimball Collection
Art Institute of Chicago · public domain
A work made of oil on canvas.
Jean François Millet In the Auvergne c. 1866–69 · Oil on canvas
France · 81.5 × 99.9 cm
Potter Palmer Collection
Art Institute of Chicago · public domain
A work made of oil on canvas.
Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña Pond in the Woods 1862 · Oil on canvas
France · 68 × 89.8 cm
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Kimball Collection
Art Institute of Chicago · public domain
A work made of oil on canvas.
Imitator of Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña In the Woods c. 1860 · Oil on canvas
France · 32.7 × 42.5 cm
Bequest of Mary Morley Sellers given in the name of her husband, Frank Harrold Sellers
Art Institute of Chicago · public domain
A work made of oil on panel.
Charles François Daubigny On the Bank of the Seine at Portejoie c. 1865 · Oil on panel
France · 38.1 × 67 cm
Bequest of Florence S. McCormick
Art Institute of Chicago · public domain
A work made of oil on canvas.
Jean François Millet The Woodchopper c. 1858–66 · Oil on canvas
France · 81 × 65 cm
Potter Palmer Collection
Art Institute of Chicago · public domain
A work made of oil on canvas.
Jean François Millet The Sheepshearers c. 1857–61 · Oil on canvas
France · 41.2 × 28.5 cm
Potter Palmer Collection
Art Institute of Chicago · public domain

Where you are

The Barbizon School in time, then in the building.
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1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 01 Renaissance and Before 1434 – 1610 02 The Seventeenth Century 1610 – 1695 03 The Barbizon School 1857 – 1871 · you are here 04 Realism 1822 – 1906 05 Impressionism 1866 – 1893 06 Post-Impressionism 1881 – 1907 07 Modernism 1891 – 1920 08 Ukiyo-e 1744 – 1837 09 Pictorialism 1877 – 1903 10 Folk Art 1799 – 1871 Bar spans the earliest and latest work in the hall. Ticks are the individual dates in the hall you are in.
upper tier · +6.40 circulation spine void over court light drops to the tier below 06 Post-Impressionism 12 works · 18x12 m 07 Modernism 12 works · 18x12 m 08 Ukiyo-e 12 works · 16x12 m 09 Pictorialism 12 works · 18x10 m 10 Folk Art 12 works · 16x10 m dn lower tier · +0.00 circulation spine court · open air 01 Renaissance and Before 12 works · 18x12 m 02 The Seventeenth Century 12 works · 18x12 m 03 The Barbizon School 7 works · 16x12 m you are here 04 Realism 12 works · 18x10 m 05 Impressionism 12 works · 16x10 m up entrance 52 m 10 m N ▭ hall, width follows the size of the hang · ⌐ door · ▤ open-air court · ≡ stair upper tier · +6.40 circulation spine dn 06 Post-Impressionism 12 works 07 Modernism 12 works 08 Ukiyo-e 12 works 09 Pictorialism 12 works 10 Folk Art 12 works lower tier · +0.00 circulation spine up 01 Renaissance and Before 12 works 02 The Seventeenth Century 12 works 03 The Barbizon School 7 works you are here 04 Realism 12 works 05 Impressionism 12 works court · open air entrance 10 m N

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