| Hidden treasure:Barbizon,France |
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| Written by SuperHypersonic | |
| Thursday, 06 August 2009 05:54 | |
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At first glance, Barbizon, the tiny village located 60km southeast of Paris near Fontainebleau forest does not seem an obvious choice as an artistic centre. After all, this picturesque village to the southeast of Paris is more or less made up of a single street. Yet, between 1830 and 1875, over 60 artists flocked to what was then a modest woodcutters' village and the movement that grew up around them was later to be called the Barbizon school.
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