Forest of Fontainebleau
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The forest of Fontainebleau is a mixed deciduous forest lying sixty kilometres southeast of Paris, France. It is located primarily in the arrondissement of Fontainebleau in the southwestern part of th
Lattice-like etchings from a cave near Boissy-aux-Cailles, Seine-et-Marne
Fontainebleau and Avon in the 18th century, in Trudaine's Atlas (National Archives)
Jules Le Coeur and his dogs in the forest of Fontainebleau, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1866
Painters at Rest, Fontainebleau, Xavier Leprince, c. 1824
Barbizon
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Barbizon is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in north-central France. It is located near the Fontainebleau Forest.
Forest of Fontainebleau
…of Fontainebleau is famous worldwide for having inspired 19th-century artists, including painters of the Barbizon School and the Impressionists. The Barbizon painters, led by Théodore Rousseau, militated against the planting of softwoods which had been carried out at a pace of several hundred hectares per…
The town hall in Barbizon
The Sheepfold, Moonlight by Jean-François Millet. The Walters Art Museum.
The Potato Harvest by Jean-François Millet. The Walters Art Museum.