Barbizon School

American  

[bahr-buh-zon] / ˈbɑr bəˌzɒn /

noun

1. a group of French painters of the mid-19th century whose landscapes and genre paintings depicted peasant life and the quality of natural light on objects.

---

Barbizon School British  

/ ˈbɑːbɪˌzɒn /

noun

1. a group of French painters of landscapes of the 1840s, including Théodore Rousseau, Daubigny, Diaz, Corot, and Millet

---

Etymology

Origin of Barbizon School

Named after Barbizon, village near Paris, where the painters gathered

Example Sentences

With 13 flanking galleries, he could give one to Courbet alone, three to Degas, others to Millet and the Barbizon School.

From Time Magazine Archive

The famous Barbizon School of French Painters is a still more striking example.

From The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

The offense of Rosa Bonheur was that she minded her own business, and sold the "Horse Fair" for more money than the entire Barbizon School had ever earned in its lifetime.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists by Hubbard, Elbert

The phrase so often heard to-day, "The Barbizon School," is rather wider than a strict interpretation would warrant, since Millet and Rousseau were the only ones of the group who lived in the village.

From Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

These men of the Barbizon School tinted the entire art world: Millet, Rousseau, Daubigny, Corot, Diaz.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists by Hubbard, Elbert