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Thursday, 06 August 2009 05:54

Barbizon 

 

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.

There are fine stone villages all around Fontainebleau Forest, but Barbizon will ever be associated with the school of painters for a simple reason: Along its one narrow Grande Rue were several inns that catered to starving artists. At the Auberge Ganne, run by Francois Ganne and his formidable wife, Edmée, and then at the nearby Hotel Siron, a painter could get a hearty dinner, dormitory bed and sack lunch to take into the woods for a paltry sum, and if he couldn't pay, credit was readily extended.

So, if you like to include, off-the beaten track places in your itinerary, make sure to visit Barbizon. To read more about the place and things to do, tips on reaching there, read our post in 'Destinations' section.

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written by kajal , December 16, 2009
really nice. what a off-beat place! Give us more SuperHypersonic smilies/smiley.gif
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