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Charles François DAUBIGNY
Charles-François Daubigny, (15 February 1817 – 19 February 1878), Daubigny was born in Paris, into a family of painters and was taught
the art by his father Edmond François Daubigny and his uncle, miniaturist Pierre Daubigny. Initially Daubigny painted in a traditional
style, but this changed after 1843 when he settled in Barbizon to work outside in nature. Even more important was his meeting with
Camille Corot in 1852 in Optevoz (Isère). On his famous boat Botin, which he had turned into a studio, he painted along the Seine and
Oise, often in the region around Auvers. From 1852 onward he came under the influence of Gustave Courbet. In London he met Claude
Monet, and together they left for the Netherlands. Back in Auvers, he met Paul Cézanne, another important Impressionist. It is assumed
that these younger painters were influenced by Daubigny. Daubigny's finest pictures were painted between 1864 and 1874, and these for
the most part consist of carefully completed landscapes with trees, river and a few ducks. It has been said that when Daubigny liked his
pictures he added another duck or two, so that the number of ducks often indicates greater or less artistic quality in his pictures. He was
named by the French government as an Officer of the Legion of Honor. Daubigny died in Paris in 1878.
Title: "Le Marais (Aux Cigones)"
Portfolio: Gazette Des Beaux-Arts
Year: 1874
Medium: Original Etching
Limited edition: approx. 1,500
Sheet size: 7.5" x 11"
Image size: 5" x 8"
Reference: Beraldi 6; Delteil 84;
Sanchez/Seydoux 1874-6
Price: SOLD
Title: "Lever de Lune (Moonrise)"
Portfolio: Gazette Des Beaux-Arts
Year: 1861, pub. 1871 (fifth state of six)
Medium: Original Etching on chine appliqué
Limited edition: approx. 1,500
Sheet size: 6.88" x 10.63"
Platemark size: 5.38" x 7.75"
Image size: 3.75" x 6.63"
Reference: Delteil 98; Melot 98;
Sanchez/Seydoux 1871-2
Price: $600