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.

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Barbizon School British  

/ ˈbɑːbɪˌzɒn /

noun

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

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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)

It was at this same period that I went to Fontainebleau to study the Barbizon School and met the son of Millet, who was trying to paint and never succeeded.

From Memoirs of an American Prima Donna by Kellogg, Clara Louise

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

Nice boys they were of the Barbizon School, all in the best form.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, March 1, 1890 by Various