Wooded View near Barbizon

Johan Hendrik Weissenbruch (1824–1903), oil on canvas, 1900

The Barbizon artists’ colony was located on the edge of the forest of Fontainebleau, southeast of Paris. Barbizon painters exerted a major influence on the Hague School. For this reason, Weissenbruch made a pilgrimage there for his only trip abroad, which he made at the ripe age of 76! He portrayed the characteristic birch forest, with a painter leaning against a boulder while sketching.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-1923
  • Dimensionsheight 48.5 cm x width 64 cm
  • Physical characteristicsolieverf op doek