Group of mid-19th-c. romantic
landscape painters who, led by T. Rousseau and J.-F.
Millet, settled in the village of Barbizon in the forest
of Fontainebleau. In opposition to academic conventions
they painted the 'paysage intime', undramatic details of
the countryside or peasant life. They were influenced by
17th-C. Dutch landscapists and Constable, and were
forerunners of the Impressionists. Other members of the
school included N.-V. Diaz, J. Dupre and G. Daubigny.
The Gleaners. Jean-Francois Millet. 1857. Musée
d'Orsay, Paris.
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