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    News and Articles on Barbizon School



    'Van Gogh and the Colors of the Night':  Oct 4, 2008
    odore Rousseau or any of the Barbizon school artists, repeatedly mentioned in the book. There is a gravitas about it that invites meditation. (International Herald Tribune)

    Nocturnal van Gogh, illuminating the darkness  Sep 19, 2008
    They imbue the humble farmhouses of the Dutch masters with the atmospherics of the French Barbizon School and George Inness. Their surfaces are smooth, their shapes tentative. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)

    * Taiwan News Quick Take  Jun 1, 2008
    Works by painters of the Barbizon School and Pissarros fellows such as Jean-Francois Millet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Claude Monet have also been selected for the exhibition to put Pissarros achievements and influence in a wider perspective. This story has been viewed 419 times. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    New England artists survey showing  May 26, 2008
    Luminism , transcendentalist inspired landscape ; hudson river school , barbizon school , impressionism. post-impressionism , fauvism , cubism , exressionism , abstract Expressionism. (Medfield Press, MA)

    From Visigoths to vivid shots  Feb 24, 2008
    The combination of the area's natural beauty and its proximity to the capital attracted numerous painters and photographers, such as Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot; the leading founders of the Barbizon School of painting, Jean-Fran ois Francois Millet and Th odore Rousseau; Gustave Le Gray and Claude Monet, whose landscapes in Fontainebleau helped inspire Impressionism. This exhibition includes some 120 paintings, photographs, and pastels. (Boston Globe)

    auctions: At Christies, 2nd highest ever European auction  Feb 7, 2008
    Dated 1872, "The Louveciennes Road" is a deeply poetic view of a French village in which the sketchy brushwork of Impressionism in the making is combined with the melancholic mood of the preceding Barbizon school. At 468,500, this was as brilliant an acquisition as the Soutine. (International Herald Tribune)

    Art Exhibit Ends Saturday  Jul 6, 2007
    The gallery is divided into four groups, French Barbizon School, American response to Barbizon, French Impressionism and American Impressionism. "It ... explores the development of the Impressionistic movement," Wilson said. (The Daily Universe, UT)

    Schweinfurth shows native's art  May 5, 2007
    His career, which ended with his death in 1954, took a key turning point after he studied at the well-known Barbizon school in France. is work is a little uneven, but the good stuff I think is on par with the great Barbizon American impressionists, Contiguglia said. (Auburn Citizen, NY)

    Dreams of equality  Jan 15, 2007
    In fact, the 16-year-old recently graduated from the Barbizon School of Modeling. She hasn't given up on her dream. (Pensacola News Journal)




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