Signed lower left with monogram leading to French painter Charles-Francois Daubigny, 1817 - 1878 (fra.: Charles-François Daubigny). He was one of the members of the Barbizon school, and is considered an important precursor of impressionism. This landscape fully conveys the great importance of the artistic spirituality of the Barbizon school - the connection between nature and the everyday life of ordinary people. In the center of the composition we see two walking figures (possibly a mother and her daughters) along a country road at the edge of the forest. The warm shades of the evening sunset create a calm and mesmerizing scene. Masterfully using the play of light, the artist perfectly conveys the mystery of the approaching twilight, gradually plunging the trees and the entire terrain into darker tones. Travelers need to hurry... At the same time, the atmosphere of the painting is very light and relaxed and creates the impression of air vibration. Antique oil painting on canvas, signed lower left, framed.
Size app.: 33 x 47 cm (roughly 13 x 18.5 in), frame is 53 x 66 cm (roughly 20.9 x 26 in). Very good condition showing minimal wear such tiny losses mostly to frame. Please study good resolution images for cosmetic condition. In person actual painting may appear darker or brighter than in our pictures, strictly depending on sufficient light in your environment. Weight of app. 4 kg is going to measure 6 kg packed for shipment.
Initially Daubigny painted in a more traditional style, but this changed after 1843 when he settled in Barbizon to work outside in the nature. Even more important was his meeting with Camille Corot in 1852 in Optevoz (Isère). On his famous boat Botin, which he had turned into a studio, he painted along the Seine and Oise, often in the region around Auvers. From 1852 onward he came under the influence of Gustave Courbet. The two artists were from the same generation and were driven by the realist movement: during a joint stay, each composed a series of views of Optevoz. In 1848, Daubigny worked on behalf of the Chalcographie du Louvre, performing facsimiles, which testifies to his great expertise in this art, and revisiting the technique of aquatint in a less cumbersome process. His famous series of Rolling Carts dates from this period. In 1862, with Corot, he experimented with the cliché-verre technique, halfway between photography and printmaking. In 1866, he joined the jury of the Paris Salon for the first time, alongside his friend Corot. The same year, Daubigny visited England, eventually returning because of the Franco-Prussian war, in 1870. In London he met Claude Monet, and together they left for the Netherlands. Back in Auvers, he met Paul Cézanne, another important Impressionist. It is assumed that these younger impressionist painters were influenced by Daubigny.
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