Charles-François Daubigny: 10 works

'His success as a painter began around 1850, when he won acclaim for his river views, despite his unconventionally sketchy handling of paint. Already by the late 1850s, Daubigny's works were referred to as "impressions," because they lacked the sort of careful finish that was standard before the advent of Impressionism in the 1870s.'

'However, Daubigny remains one of the first to try to capture the ephemeral by using light tones and rapid brushstrokes, making him one of the great masters of the modern landscape, admired by artists such as Van Gogh.'

'The serene "Pond at Gylieu," depicting a pond located near the city of Lyons, marks an important step in Daubigny's career.'

'As did Monet a few years later, Daubigny owned a small studio boat in which he travelled along the Oise and the Seine on the lookout for motifs.'

'Like his fellow Pre-Impressionist painters Camille Corot, Jean-François Millet, and Théodore Rousseau, Charles-François Daubigny produced numerous clichés verre, photographic prints from hand-drawn negatives.'

'He cruised up and down the Seine River in his studio-boat in search of subjects such as this view near the village of Andrésy.'

'With broken, summary brushstrokes and brilliant touches of yellow and orange, he casts a dramatic expanse of beach in the rosy sunset. Daubigny's rapid painting technique and passion for capturing the fleeting effects of nature's color and light directly anticipate the art of the Impressionists.'

'Obviously painted with great rapidity, the marshy landscape in the foreground exhibits the ambiguous qualities that link Daubigny to the impressionists.'

'Courbet, Daubigny, Monet: Franse schilderkunst in Nederlands bezit, Utrecht 2006 and J. Sillevis, H. Kraan (eds.), De School van Barbizon: Franse meesters van de 19de eeuw, The Hague, 1985-1986.'

'The impressionist Claude Monet was deeply influenced by Daubigny's spontaneous method of painting outdoors.'