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Barbizon School

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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: An informal group of painters that was centered in the village of Barbizon around the edge of the Forest of Fontainebleau. Influenced by John Constable and 17th century Dutch landscape painters, the Barbizon painters were concerned with depicting naturalistic settings and the dignity of peasant life. Theodore Rousseau, the unofficial leader of the School, moved to the Fontainebleau region in 1841 and began acquiring disciples, such as Jean-Francois Millet, who would later become the most renown member of the Barbizon School, and whose work had more overt socialist overtones. Because of their non-traditional approach to subject matter, it took until the 1850's for the individual members of the School to become critically accepted. Rousseau, in fact, had been rejected by the Salons so often he garnered the nickname 'le grande refuse'. After several decades of success, the movement lost popularity with Millet's death in 1875. Though often seen as a transitional movement between classical landscape painting and Impressionism, the Barbizon School's importance lies with their plein-air landscape technique and humble, unpretentious subject matter.

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Art Collection of the Honorable T. B. Walker, July 24, 1925-March 11, 1926

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The Art Collection of the Honorable T. B. Walker, Jul 24, 1925-Mar 11, 1926 Exhibition Records details the planning and installation of T.B. Walker's famed art collection at the Legion of Honor in 1925. This exhibition took place before Walker opened his own museum which became The Walker Art Gallery (now the Walker Art Center) in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1927. The exhibition records span five folders plus several copies of the catalog and clippings.

Dates: July 24, 1925-March 11, 1926

Cliches-Verre: An Experiment by Artists of the Barbizon School, January 8-February 20, 1955

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From the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, an exhibition of 40 “cliches-verre” (glass prints) by nineteenth century French artists of the Barbizon school. The exhibition records span three folders plus photographs.

Dates: January 8-February 20, 1955

Drawings by Corot, Loaned by Goodman-Walker, Inc., Boston, MA, February 8-March 7, 1931

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An exhibition of a private collection of drawings by 19th century landscape artist of the Barbizon School Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, lent by Goodman-Walker, Inc. of Boston, Massachusetts. The exhibition records span 4 folders plus clippings.

Dates: February 8-March 7, 1931

Dutch and Flemish Paintings from the Albert Campbell Hooper Collection and the Jacob Stern Loan Collection, August 6 to October 28, 1945

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An exhibition of paintings by Dutch and Flemish artists compiled from two collections of the museum, the Albert Campbell Hooper Collection, a 400 object permanent collection donated in 1943, and the Jacob Stern Collection, a loan collection lent in 1928. No materials remain for this exhibition.

Dates: August 6 to October 28, 1945

French Masters from the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, November 5-23, 1948

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An exhibition of artworks by the greatest French artists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. No materials remain for this exhibition.

Dates: November 5-23, 1948

Gordon Blanding Collection, July 3-[August] 1944

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An exhibition of the Gordon Blanding collection from the Legion permanent collection. No materials remain for this exhibition.

Dates: July 3-[August] 1944

Inaugural Exposition of French Art in the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 1924-1925, November 11, 1924-[April 1925]

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The California Palace of the Legion of Honor was opened with an exhibition of over 700 works. The exhibition records span 3 folders and several copies of the catalog are available in the archives.

Dates: November 11, 1924-[April 1925]

Jacob Stern Loan Collection, July 9-[July] 1945

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An exhibition of artworks from the Jacob Stern loan collection. Little is known about this exhibition and no materials remain.

Dates: July 9-[July] 1945

Jacob Stern Loan Collection, July 24-August 9, 1928

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On an indefinite loan, the Jacob Stern Loan Collection included 42 paintings and 7 bronzes from various European countries and the United States dating from the 17th to 19th centuries. The exhibition records span one folder plus a copy of the exhibition catalog.

Dates: July 24-August 9, 1928

Loan Exhibition of 19th Century French Drawings, March 8-April 6, 1947

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An exhibition of over 150 drawings by the greatest nineteenth century French artists, including Ingres, Degas, Manet, Renoir, Seurat, Toulouse-Lautrec, and Van Gogh. The exhibition records span 18 folders plus a catalog, brochure, object and installation photographs, and a related magazine.

Dates: March 8-April 6, 1947