1881 Barbizon School Landscape. Antique French Oil on Canvas in Gilt Frame (Signed & Dated)
A beautiful Barbizon School landscape dated 1881, painted with rich atmosphere and soft evening light. Signed by the artist (name illegible), this work captures the poetic, naturalistic style that defined French landscape painting in the second half of the 19th century.
This evocative Barbizon landscape shows a pair of figures walking along a wooded path at dusk, the sky glowing faintly above distant fields and water. The trees rise in gentle silhouette, their leaves dissolving into the twilight. In the foreground, soft brushwork and earthy tonality create the immersive calm typical of the Barbizon tradition.
Dated 1881 in the lower corner and bearing a signature that cannot be fully read, the painting belongs firmly to the post-Corot, post-Daubigny period of the Barbizon movement, when artists increasingly experimented with mood, atmosphere, and observational plein-air studies. The composition is well balanced: dense shadow in the foreground, a luminous clearing toward the horizon, and an expansive, subtly clouded sky that sets the emotional tone. It’s the kind of intimate, poetic landscape that made Barbizon works so beloved among collectors in France and beyond.
The painting is housed in a superb period gilt frame, beautifully cast with alternating striped and foliate mouldings. The frame’s depth and sculptural quality complement the painting’s tonal richness and elevate its decorative presence. The painting is in good antique condition with age-appropriate surface wear and craquelure. Frame shows patina, rubbing, and small imperfections consistent with age. Please see all photos.
French School (Barbizon tradition)
Oil on canvas
Signed & dated 1881 (artist’s name illegible)
Original 19th-century gilt frame
Atmospheric dusk landscape
Sizing incl Frame:
Height: 19.69 inch (50cm)
Width: 18.1118.11 inch (46cm)
Depth: 2.36 inch (6cm)
Sizing Painting:
Height: 12.99 inch (33cm)
Width: 11.61 inch (29.5cm)
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