Charles-François Daubigny, February 15, 1817–February 19, 1878, was a French landscape painter and printmaker born in Paris. He trained with his father, the landscape painter Edmond-François Daubigny, apprenticed to an engraver, and studied in Italy. He first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1838.
Associated with the Barbizon painters, Daubigny worked with Camille Corot and painted landscapes directly from nature. In 1857 he acquired the studio boat Le Botin, which he used on the Seine, Marne, and Oise. He settled in Auvers-sur-Oise in 1860 and continued to paint river scenes, fields, orchards, and coastal landscapes.
Daubigny spent time in London during the Franco-Prussian War and introduced Claude Monet to the dealer Paul Durand-Ruel. He died in Paris in 1878. His outdoor painting methods influenced the Impressionists. His works are held by the National Gallery in London, the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
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