Charles-François Daubigny
Charles -François Daubigny (* February 15, 1817 in Paris, † February 19, 1878 ) was a French painter.
Life
Daubigny was a pupil of his father, a miniaturist, and Paul Delaroche. He participated since 1838 already with landscapes classical direction in exhibitions, but only came in the early 1850s to full development and general acceptance.
His goal was to rid the landscape of the poetic and subjective ingredients that had her nor the romantics like Narcisso Virgilio Diaz de la Peña, Jules Dupré and Théodore Rousseau settled in his opinion, and to provide an unvarnished and direct image of nature. The personal feeling of the painter should not have a say in the reproduction of what is seen. Nevertheless, Daubigny found with the aforementioned fellow artists in the Barbizon school again.
His sketches that Daubigny often created as watercolors, were seen by the public as well as by art critics have called " ... pretty, pleasing and poetic ." After these preliminary drafts - - resulting landscapes recognized as " poetic " Although Daubigny did nothing for it, even were. But he was not into poetic sentiment in them, and to finally go any suspected deliberate poetic stimulus out of the way, he chose the reizlosesten and insignificant motives alone striving for absolute truth. But nevertheless was always a certain element of humor set the tone for its fine coloring.
These is his effort to preserve the outdoor painting affiliated spontaneity and immediacy in his exhibition images. For this, he earned his time a lot of praise, but also harsh criticism. But Daubigny stuck to his painting style and influence in the 60s of the 19th century heavily impressionism with his plastic paint application and rapid brushstrokes. He often painted from a boat, what Claude Monet took over from him.
Works (selection)
- The lock in the valley to Opteroz (1853 )
- The Spring ( 1857)
- The banks of the Oise (1859 )
- The moon rises (1877 )
- The mills in Dordrecht (1872 )
- French orchard at harvest time (1876 )