What painters have painted landscapes about Fontainebleau?

There are not many well-known paintings related to Fontainebleau, but here are a few of the more impressive.

Vilnay, "The Farewell of Fontainebleau".

The painting depicts Napoleon's generals gathering around the emperor on his way to the island of Elba, where he inspected his personal guard for the last time in the square in front of the Château de Fontainebleau, after Napoleon was defeated at Leipzig and forced to abdicate in 1814.

Cézanne, "Ice and Snow Melt, Fontainebleau".

This painting depicts Fontainebleau in winter.

Renoir, "View of Fontainebleau".

This early Renoir landscape painting from 1875 is simple in composition, with a silver-white sky and gray-green meadows, which make the picture appear very ethereal, harmonious, and full of warmth and tranquility. The style of this painting is obviously influenced by the famous French landscape painter Corot in the 19th century, so it is very unique in Renoir's landscape paintings.

The following is a brief introduction to Fontainebleau and the development of painting:

Fontainebleau quickly became the center of outdoor painting practice from the mid-twenties of the 19th century.

In the early thirties of the 19th century, the place became an informal artist settlement, which later developed into a place where the famous "Barbisan School" carried out its artistic movements.

By the middle of the 19th century, Fontainebleau had become a place of pilgrimage for every young and aspiring artist, who was drawn to this picturesque place and to see the creative process of so many well-known landscape painters.

Nearly 120 paintings reflect the important role of the forest of Fontainebleau in the development of landscape painting.

In addition, despite the fact that Fontainebleau attracted so many painters, there were not many famous paintings on its own subject.

In France, the "Barbizon School" in the 60s of the 19th century was all landscape paintings of Fontainebleau. For example: Miller, Rousseau, Corot, etc.

The School of Fontainebleau was a school of fine art active in the French court in the 16th century. It is an important part of international Mannerist painting, and two generations of Fontainebleau painters were formed on the occasion of the construction of the Palace of Fontainebleau on the outskirts of Paris by the French king, the first generation of Fontainebleau painters from Italy Rosso, Plimaticio and sculptor BCellini and others, in collaboration with the French painters Cuosin and Caron, and the sculptors Courjon and Peron, formed a highly stylistic artistic genre in the decoration of the interior and exterior of the court.

The Fontainebleau painters fused Italian Mannerism with the Gothic tradition of the French homeland, forming a strong artistic trend both inside and outside the court. They attached great importance to the charm of the line, pursued the exquisite perfection of the technique, and had a strong aristocratic atmosphere, such as the anonymous masterpiece (c. 1550, Louvre Museum). Under the influence of the majestic style of Mannerism, they used bizarre portrait columns or rough stone walls and stucco to decorate the gardens and bedrooms in the palace, showing a style different from the ideal of Renaissance art in the high Italian period, and had a certain influence on the development of art in the Nordic countries.

During the reign of Henry IV, the activities of the painting school, which had been interrupted for a while, were resumed, and it merged with the Romantic art of the Netherlands and Flanders to form a school, and its artistic style was basically inherited from its predecessors, and it was called the Second Fontainebleau School.

The School of Fontainebleau was a school of fine art active in the French court in the 16th century. Around 1530, King François I of France, who was fond of Italian art, decided to expand the original medieval hunting house on the outskirts of Paris into a luxurious palace, the Palace of Fontainebleau.

To this end, Mannerist painters from Italy, such as Rosso and Primatigio, and the sculptor Cellini, collaborated with French painters such as Cuosin and Caron, and the sculptors Gujon and Peron, forming a strong artistic school in the decoration of the court and beyond. The Fontainebleau pie pays attention to linear charm in modeling, pursues technical perfection, and has a strong aristocratic atmosphere.

In terms of the gardens and interiors of the palaces, they were influenced by the Mannerist style, which was distinctively embellished with bizarre portrait columns or rough stone walls and stucco sculptures, showing a style very different from the ideals of the Italian High Renaissance. It has a certain influence on the development of art in the Nordic countries.

A group of artists decorating the Château de Fontainebleau in France in the 16th century. Among the most important figures are Rosso, Primaticho and Serio, among others. They formed a unique school of Italian art.

In keeping with the atmosphere of the court, the motifs of the decorative works were often figurative and symbolic.