Charles-François Daubigny - Spring Landscape [1863]

Charles-François Daubigny - Spring Landscape [1863], a photo by Gandalf's Gallery on Flickr.

As did Monet a few years later, Daubigny (Paris, February 15, 1817 - Paris, February 19, 1878) owned a small studio boat in which he travelled along the Oise and the Seine on the lookout for motifs. The pictures painted from the river often have a panoramic element. Daubigny liked to complete even large paintings out of doors; they thus make a more live impression than most of the works by the Barbizon painters. The Impressionists held him in high esteem as their precursor. He, in turn, as a member of the jury in the Salon, defended their works.

[Oil on canvas, 133 x 240 cm]