In nineteenth century France, a number of artists fled industrialized Paris for the calm refuge of the Fontainebleau forest, setting up an artists’ colony in the nearby town of Barbizon. All were drawn to nature but each from a different set of circumstances. Some artists had large families, others were singularly devoted to their craft, while several of them were involved in the political revolutions brewing in Paris. In this lecture, Elizabeth Eisenberg, Moore Curatorial Fellow, discusses the lives of artists such as Rousseau, Millet, Diaz, and Cuvelier, exploring how they came to work in the forest and how the forest shaped their lives. 

The exhibition Into the Woods: French Drawings and Photographs from the Karen B. Cohen Gift will be open for program attendees before and after the lecture. 

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