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Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: Barbizon, France Date: 1889 of, relating to, or being a school of mid-19th century French landscape painters whose naturalistic canvases were based on direct observation of nature II. geographical name village N France SSE of Paris

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Barbizon Bar`bi`zon", or Barbison Bar`bi`son", school school (Painting) A French school of the middle of the 19th century centering in the village of Barbizon near the forest of Fontainebleau. Its members went straight to nature in disregard of academic tradition, treating their subjects faithfully and with poetic feeling for color, light, and atmosphere. It is exemplified, esp. in landscapes, by Corot, Rousseau, Daubigny, Jules Dupr['e], and Diaz. Associated with them are certain painters of animals, as Troyon and Jaque, and of peasant life, as Millet and Jules Breton.