Barbizon

Tourist centre from 1900 to Today ... Barbizon has never stopped pleasing, attracting and keeping its visitors - far from it! - for it has become a well-rounded community in its own right. And even though Jean-François Millet and Theodore Rousseau are buried in Chailly en Biere, their homes and those of their friends and contemporaries still welcome devoted and enthusiastic visitors. Some of the diverse personalities who have visited and revisited Barbizon : The GONCOURT brothers - (...)

History of Barbizon through its painters : Beginning in the 1850s, foreigners from throughout Europe, from Russia, from the United States, working in Parisian studios were joining their French colleagues coming to Barbizon each Spring. In 1867 the hotel Siron (now the Bas-Breau), also known as “L’Exposition” - the manager had opened an exposition room to show works by visiting painters - was welcoming a new clientele of painters as well as writers, often foreigners such as Stevenson, who (...)

jean Francois Milllet " les galaneuses" jean Francois Milllet " les galaneuses" Charles Francois Daubigny " la ferme" Charles Francois Daubigny " la ferme" Theodore Rousseau " chêne à Apremont" Theodore Rousseau " chêne à Apremont" "Les glaneuses" Jean Francois Millet "Les glaneuses" Jean Francois Millet Narcisso Virgilio Di az de la Pena " dans la forêt de Fontainebleau" Narcisso Virgilio Di az de la Pena " dans la forêt de Fontainebleau" Corot " ville d’avray" (...)