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Fontainebleau School

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noun

  1. a group of artists, many of them Italian and Flemish, who worked on the decorations of the palace of Fontainebleau in the 16th century.


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While studying medicine in Paris she met and married famed Architect Jacques Carlu, Director of the Fontainebleau School of Fine Arts.

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After these works, M. Anquetin gave way to his impetuous nature which led him to decorative painting, and he became influenced by Rubens, Jordaens, and the Fontainebleau School.

From The French Impressionists (1860-1900) by Mauclair, Camille

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