Guarisco Gallery 2012

97 Barbizon School The Barbizon School refers to a group of painters who worked near the village of Barbizon on the outskirts of the forest of Fontainebleau in France during the 1840’s and 1850’s. Through their focus on landscape as subject and the practice of painting out-of-doors, known as en plein air , these artists transitioned from the Academic tradition to more modern forms of painting, including Impressionism. The artists of the Barbizon School were the first plein-air painters who painted landscapes directly from nature and most directly influenced the Impressionists. Exhibited: Salon, Société des Artistes Français, Paris, 1882 Léon Richet (French, 1847-1907) Along the River’s Edge signed, o/c 15” x 22” (21-1/2” x 28-3/4” fr.)