The American Barbizon School was a group of painters and style partly influenced by the French Barbizon school, who were noted for their simple, pastoral scenes painted directly from nature.[1] American Barbizon artists concentrated on painting rural landscapes often including peasants or farm animals.
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William Morris Hunt was the first American to work in the Barbizon style as he directly trained with Jean-François Millet in 1851–1853. When he left France, Hunt established a studio in Boston and worked in the Barbizon manner, bringing the style to the United States of America.[2]
The Barbizon approach was generally not accepted until the 1880s and reached its pinnacle of popularity in the 1890s.[2]
Artists
edit- Maria a'Becket
- Henry Golden Dearth
- Thomas Eakins
- Winckworth Allan Gay
- Childe Hassam
- Winslow Homer
- William Morris Hunt
- Wilson Irvine
- George Inness
- William Keith
- Edward Mitchell Bannister
- Homer Dodge Martin
- Robert Crannell Minor
- John Francis Murphy
- Henry Ward Ranger
- Henry Ossawa Tanner
- Horatio Walker
- Alexis Jean Fournier
- Joseph Foxcroft Cole
- Homer Watson
- Alexander Helwig Wyant
Citations
edit- ^ Shields, Scott (2006). Artists at Continent's End: The Monterey Peninsula Art Colony, 1875–1907. Sacramento, CA: Crocker Art Museum. ISBN 0-520-24736-1.
- ^ a b Farr, 10.
General and cited references
edit- Bermingham, Peter (1975). American Art in the Barbizon Mood: Published on the Occasion of an Exhibition at the National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution January 23-April 20, 1975. Washington, D.C.: Published for the National Collection of Fine Arts by the Smithsonian Institution Press. ISBN 9780226694139. OCLC 491467188. Exhibition catalog.
- Bermingham, Peter (1976). American Art in the Barbizon Mood: A Visual History. London and Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226694139. OCLC 641755888. Exhibition catalog.
- Farr, Dorothy (1977). Horatio Walker 1858–1938. Kingston, Ontario: Agnes Etherington Art Centre. OCLC 757289234.