Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot was a French landscape painter whose direct studies and quiet wooded scenes linked Barbizon practice with Impressionism.
Painter
Charles-François Daubigny
Charles-François Daubigny was a French Barbizon-associated landscape painter known for river views, flowering orchards, and direct studies of light.
Charles-François Daubigny quick facts
Daubigny painted waterways from his boat-studio, linking naturalistic Barbizon landscapes with the freer handling later associated with Impressionism.
| Full name | Charles-François Daubigny |
|---|---|
| Born | 1817 · Paris, France |
| Died | 1878 · Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Movements | Barbizon School |
| Paint types | Oil Paint |
| Other media | Etching · drypoint |
| Other materials | — |
| Painting surfaces | Canvas · Wood · Paper |
| Painting methods | Painting outdoors and from a floating studio on the Oise, with changing skies, reflections, and increasingly rapid brushwork |
| Common subjects | Rivers, waterways, barges, orchards, village outskirts, marsh birds, and reflections on water |
| Notable works | The Hamlet of Optevoz · The Banks of the Oise · Apple Blossoms · Landscape with a Sunlit Stream |
Sources: The Met: The Hamlet of Optevoz, oil on canvas, The Met: The Banks of the Oise, oil on wood, The Met: View at Auvers-sur-Oise, oil on paper laid down on canvas, The Met: Barbizon School and Daubigny's studio boat, and The Met: Daubigny etching.
Paint types used by Charles-François Daubigny
Daubigny painted landscapes in oil on canvas and wood, and on paper mounted to canvas; records document these supports in river and countryside views.
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Oil paint
Daubigny's The Hamlet of Optevoz and Apple Blossoms are oil on canvas, while The Banks of the Oise and The Seine: Morning are oil on wood. The Met also records View at Auvers-sur-Oise as oil on paper laid down on canvas.
Sources: The Met: The Hamlet of Optevoz, oil on canvas, The Met: Apple Blossoms, oil on canvas, The Met: The Banks of the Oise, oil on wood, The Met: View at Auvers-sur-Oise, oil on paper laid down on canvas.; National Gallery Technical Bulletin: analysis of Daubigny’s mixed paint media.
Painting surfaces used by Charles-François Daubigny
Daubigny painted on canvas and wood, and sometimes on paper later mounted to canvas; examples distinguish the original sheet from its later support.
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Canvas
Daubigny’s landscapes include The Hamlet of Optevoz and Apple Blossoms, both documented as oil on canvas. The support carries his views of rural terrain and flowering trees, and is distinct from the wood panels used for other oil paintings. The Met’s collection records specify the medium and surface for these works.
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Wood
The Met records The Banks of the Oise and The Seine: Morning as oil on wood. These panel paintings document a rigid support in Daubigny’s landscape practice, alongside larger works on canvas. The records distinguish wood from the paper support used for View at Auvers-sur-Oise.
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Paper
Daubigny’s View at Auvers-sur-Oise is oil on paper laid down on canvas, according to the Met. The catalog documents paper as the original image-bearing support and canvas as its later backing. This specific construction differs from paintings made directly on canvas or wood.
Sources: The Met: The Hamlet of Optevoz, oil on canvas, The Met: The Banks of the Oise, oil on wood, The Met: View at Auvers-sur-Oise, oil on paper laid down on canvas, The Met: Barbizon School and Daubigny's studio boat.
Painters similar to Charles-François Daubigny
Corot and Rousseau also developed naturalistic French landscapes, while Daubigny became especially known for river subjects and painting from a boat.
Théodore Rousseau
Théodore Rousseau was a French Barbizon School painter whose richly observed forests, old trees, and changing skies gave landscape a commanding presence.