What are the key features of Barbizon School landscape paintings?

The Barbizon School was a nineteenth-century French art movement that emphasised naturalism, tonal subtlety, and outdoor plein-air study. Paintings typically feature quiet rural scenery, rivers, forests, and soft atmospheric lighting.

What materials were traditionally used in 19th-century French oil paintings?

Artists typically painted with oil pigments on stretched linen canvas or wood panels. Framing during this period frequently utilised carved timber covered in plaster moulding and finished with real gold leaf gilding.

How can you identify authentic 19th-century French landscape paintings?

Authentic period works display age-appropriate craquelure across the paint surface, natural oxidisation on the canvas reverse, and artist signatures or gallery stamps. The frame construction often reveals hand-cut joinery and natural gilding wear.

How do you style an antique landscape painting in a modern interior?

Positioning a gilt-framed landscape above a focal feature such as a fireplace mantelpiece or sideboard creates visual contrast in modern settings. Pairing the artwork with clean-lined contemporary furniture allows the detailed brushwork and ornate frame to take centre stage.

How should an antique oil painting and gilt frame be maintained?

Keep the artwork away from direct sunlight, excessive humidity, and heat sources to prevent canvas warping and paint cracking. Dust delicate surfaces gently using a dry, soft-bristled brush rather than liquid cleaners.

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French Landscape by Paul Désiré Trouillebert Paris 1829-1900 Barbizon School Impressionist Oil Painting

Name: French Landscape by Paul Désiré Trouillebert Paris 1829-1900 Barbizon School Impressionist Oil Painting
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA1222780
Price: 9850 GBP
Availability: InStock

19th century

For Sale by Mansion House Antiques & Fine Art

Description

This is an exceptional fine quality original 19th Century French Barbizon School Oil on Canvas Landscape Painting depicting an expansive rural river setting with a lone figure standing before a large woodland whilst observing a nearby small group of paddling Swans.

This incredible painting is both dated (1862) and signed with wear around the signature which makes it difficult to read.

The distinct brushwork and layout of the work confirms this painting is attributable to Paul Désiré Trouillebert (1829-1900).

Trouillebert is attached to the Barbizon school because of his predilection for the landscape motif as well as for his style. He trained with the renowned portraitist Ernest Hébert (1817-1908) and in the studio of Charles-François Jalabert (1819-1901). Trouillebert was first noticed for his portraits and nudes: the portrait of Mademoiselle A. allowed him to be accepted at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1865, where he exhibited until 1884.

Trouillebert traveled extensively in France, notably in Brittany, the Loire and on the banks of the Seine. He was part of the movement of traditionalist plein air painters, as he stated in an interview with a journalist from L''Echo de Paris in 1890: ''I only work from nature, I do not admit the study copied in the studio. ''

The painting is well presented in a moulded gallery frame and is offered in very good order commensurate with age having fine faint craquelure within the white clouds.

BIOGRAPHY

Paul Desire Trouillebert ( 29. April 1831 Paris - 28. June 1900 Paris )

He attended the École des Beaux-arts, where he studied under Antoine Auguste Ernest Hébert and Charles Jalabert.

The young artist developed a passion for portraits and nude figure studies. He debuted at the Salon in Paris in 1865 with Portrait of Mademoiselle A.

Shortly thereafter, Trouillebert received a near-continuous flow of portrait commissions from important clients. He was also renowned for completing a remarkable set of historical works that depicted the building of the railways around Paris in the 1880s.

By the 1870s, Trouillebert, like many of his contemporaries, was inspired by the works of the Barbizon school. His oeuvre broadened to encompass the pastoral, riparian landscapes near and around Paris.

Trouillebert depicted figures embedded in the surrounding landscape, sunsets over fields, and riverbanks bathed in the atmospheric morning light.

He utilised a subtle, muted palette and often worked en Plein air and on the panel. Trouillebert drew inspiration from scenes of rural life as well as the rich folk traditions of small French towns.

Although Trouillebert was amply inspired by Corot’s themes, he added his distinctive atmosphere to each painting, especially in his scenes of fishermen on the riverbanks of France.

His works are on display at the Musée des Beaux-arts, Reims

Musée d’art histoire et archéologie, Evreux

Musée Crozatier and Musée des Beaux-arts, Dijon

Musée des Beaux-arts de Rouen

Musée des Beaux-arts de Dole the Musée Cantini, Marseilles

Musée des Beaux-arts et Musée Marey

State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Cleveland Museum of Art and the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.

CONDITION

Offered in lovely authentic condition as found and untouched.

FRAMED MEASUREMENTS

Height: 18.2 Inches | 46.2 cm

Width: 28.1 Inches | 71.3 cm

DELIVERY : UK £80 / EU £180 / USA £220

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Physical Dimensions

Height

46.2cm (18.19")

Width

71.3cm (28.07")

Depth

5cm (1.97")

Declaration

Mansion House Antiques & Fine Art has dated this Barbizon School Landscape Painting to the 1860s.

Reference Numbers

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SA1222780

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0925

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This incredible painting is both dated (1862) and signed with wear around the signature which makes it difficult to read.

Mansion House Antiques & Fine Art

fig 1. A nineteenth-century French oil landscape painting depicting slender trees beside a tranquil river under a soft sky, contained within an ornate carved gilt frame. — fig 1. French Landscape by Paul Désiré Trouillebert Paris 1829-1900 Barbizon School Impressionist Oil Painting

The distinct brushwork and layout of the work confirms this painting is attributable to Paul Désiré Trouillebert (1829-1900).

Trouillebert is attached to the Barbizon school because of his predilection for the landscape motif as well as for his style. He trained with the renowned portraitist Ernest Hébert (1817-1908) and in the studio of Charles-François Jalabert (1819-1901). Trouillebert was first noticed for his portraits and nudes: the portrait of Mademoiselle A. allowed him to be accepted at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1865, where he exhibited until 1884.

fig 2. A nineteenth-century French oil landscape painting depicting slender trees beside a tranquil river under a soft sky, contained within an ornate carved gilt frame. — fig 2. French Landscape by Paul Désiré Trouillebert Paris 1829-1900 Barbizon School Impressionist Oil Painting

Trouillebert traveled extensively in France, notably in Brittany, the Loire and on the banks of the Seine. He was part of the movement of traditionalist plein air painters, as he stated in an interview with a journalist from L''Echo de Paris in 1890: ''I only work from nature, I do not admit the study copied in the studio. ''

fig 3. A nineteenth-century French oil landscape painting depicting slender trees beside a tranquil river under a soft sky, contained within an ornate carved gilt frame. — fig 3. French Landscape by Paul Désiré Trouillebert Paris 1829-1900 Barbizon School Impressionist Oil Painting

The painting is well presented in a moulded gallery frame and is offered in very good order commensurate with age having fine faint craquelure within the white clouds.

BIOGRAPHY

Paul Desire Trouillebert ( 29. April 1831 Paris - 28. June 1900 Paris )

fig 4. A nineteenth-century French oil landscape painting depicting slender trees beside a tranquil river under a soft sky, contained within an ornate carved gilt frame. — fig 4. French Landscape by Paul Désiré Trouillebert Paris 1829-1900 Barbizon School Impressionist Oil Painting

He attended the École des Beaux-arts, where he studied under Antoine Auguste Ernest Hébert and Charles Jalabert.

The young artist developed a passion for portraits and nude figure studies. He debuted at the Salon in Paris in 1865 with Portrait of Mademoiselle A.

fig 5. A nineteenth-century French oil landscape painting depicting slender trees beside a tranquil river under a soft sky, contained within an ornate carved gilt frame. — fig 5. French Landscape by Paul Désiré Trouillebert Paris 1829-1900 Barbizon School Impressionist Oil Painting

Shortly thereafter, Trouillebert received a near-continuous flow of portrait commissions from important clients. He was also renowned for completing a remarkable set of historical works that depicted the building of the railways around Paris in the 1880s.

fig 6. A nineteenth-century French oil landscape painting depicting slender trees beside a tranquil river under a soft sky, contained within an ornate carved gilt frame. — fig 6. French Landscape by Paul Désiré Trouillebert Paris 1829-1900 Barbizon School Impressionist Oil Painting

By the 1870s, Trouillebert, like many of his contemporaries, was inspired by the works of the Barbizon school. His oeuvre broadened to encompass the pastoral, riparian landscapes near and around Paris.

fig 7. A nineteenth-century French oil landscape painting depicting slender trees beside a tranquil river under a soft sky, contained within an ornate carved gilt frame. — fig 7. French Landscape by Paul Désiré Trouillebert Paris 1829-1900 Barbizon School Impressionist Oil Painting

Trouillebert depicted figures embedded in the surrounding landscape, sunsets over fields, and riverbanks bathed in the atmospheric morning light.

He utilised a subtle, muted palette and often worked en Plein air and on the panel. Trouillebert drew inspiration from scenes of rural life as well as the rich folk traditions of small French towns.

fig 8. A nineteenth-century French oil landscape painting depicting slender trees beside a tranquil river under a soft sky, contained within an ornate carved gilt frame. — fig 8. French Landscape by Paul Désiré Trouillebert Paris 1829-1900 Barbizon School Impressionist Oil Painting

Although Trouillebert was amply inspired by Corot’s themes, he added his distinctive atmosphere to each painting, especially in his scenes of fishermen on the riverbanks of France.

His works are on display at the Musée des Beaux-arts, Reims