Barbizon School

[ bahr-buh-zon ]

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.

Origin of Barbizon School

1
Named after Barbizon, village near Paris, where the painters gathered

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Barbizon School

/ (ˈbɑːbɪˌzɒn) /


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

Origin of Barbizon School

1
C19: from Barbizon a village near Paris and a favourite haunt of the painters

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