Forest Landscape
by DUPRÉ, Jules, Oil on canvas, 39 x 58 cm
Like other members of the Barbizon School, Dupr� began his career as a porcelain painter, working in the factory of his father Fran�ois Dupr�. Gradually becoming more influenced by naturalistic landscape painting, he took lessons from Jean-Michel Di�bolt, and began making sojourns to paint natural settings in the provinces. Dupr�’s work differed from others’ in the Barbizon School because he did not strictly associate himself with the area around the Forest of Fontainebleau, instead preferring the village of L’Isle d’Adam north of Paris, and his work tended to be more romantic. Like many of his Barbizon contemporaries, Dupr�e was influential with the Impressionists.