Boisière à l’orée du bois (Woods at the edge of the forest)

Magnus was a member of the Barbizon school of painting, centered on the French town of Barbizon, south of Paris. The group is often considered a precursor to impressionism because its members rejected the more conservative style the academies taught. As is typical of the school, this painting depicts a moment of everyday rural life in loose, obvious brushstrokes.