"Evening Light in a Country Courtyard: A 19th Century Painting by Dupré"

(1811 Nantes – 1889 L’Isle-Adam) A Country Courtyard Among Trees in Evening Light. A painting executed in a soft impasto style by Dupré, whose works of such evening or nocturnal landscapes from the Forest of Fontainebleau and its surroundings occupy a significant place in his oeuvre. Dupré, one of the most important artists of the Barbizon School and a close friend of Théodore Rousseau, was among the most influential French landscape painters of the 19th century; he was also a co-founder of the “Paysage Intime” movement. Dupré’s works can be found, among other places, in the Louvre and the Musée d’Orsay in Paris. Oil on canvas. Signed. Dimensions: 43 cm x 59 cm. Framed.