Leon Richet
French, 1847-1907
Richet spent much of his adult life in Paris. It was there that he met and became a student of Jules Lefebvre. He also became a disciple of Diaz la Pena. Both of these teachers were well-known proponents of the Barbizon School. The Barbizon school of painters was part of a movement towards Realism in art, which arose in the context of the dominant Romantic Movement of the time. The Barbizon school was active from roughly 1830 until 1870, was inspired originally by the work on John Constable, and included, most notably, Theodore Rousseau and Jean-Francois Millet. It takes its name from the village of Barbizon, France, near the Forest of Fontainebleau, where many of the artists gathered. Some of the most prominent features of this school are its tonal qualities, color, loose brushwork, and softness of form.
These Realist artists would shape Richet’s style and in turn his successful career as a landscape painter. The artist sometimes collaborated with Lefebvre; there are several paintings that bare both of their signatures. Lefebvre’s teaching is evident in paintings such as this L’étang Les Hautes herbes, in the delicate way in which Richet accurately depicted the effects of light and reflection on the water. His compositions, such as this one, are known for their lightness and openness. These qualities set Richet apart from his mentors and counterparts, such as Diaz and Corot; whose work often comprises enclosed and shadowy views of nature. This meant Richet enjoyed a successful and prolific career, and his work was widely exhibited during his own lifetime.
At the Salons of Paris, he obtained an honorable mention in 1885, medals in 1896 and 1900; and from then on was considered to be a leader in the Barbizon School, and later proposed for the cross of the Legion of Honor. Like many painters of the Barbizon School, Richet had a fondness for the Forest of Fontainebleau, and it provided the subjects for the majority of his paintings. A Road to the Forest of Fontainebleau was perhaps his most famous painting and drew public attention to his name at the time it was painted. Richet also loved the areas of Moret Sur Loing, Loiret, Normandy, and Burgundy as sources for his painterly inspiration, as well as views along the River Seine. He was a member of the Society of French Artists and exhibited with them from 1880 until his death in 1907.to
3
3
2
1
1
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
8
7,546
3,967
2,548
2,244
Creator: Leon Richet
French Barbizon Antique Landscape Oil Painting of Sunset by Léon Richet
By Leon Richet
Located in Shippensburg, PA
LÉON RICHET
French, 1847-1907
Sunset Gold: Barbizon
Oil on canvas signed Léon Richet lower right
Item # 407SPJ10A
A highly atmospheric example of Richet's work, it edges on T...
Category
Early 20th Century French Barbizon School Leon Richet
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Antique French Barbizon School Oil on Canvas Painting by Léon Richet
By Leon Richet
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Barbizon school framed oil on canvas painting "Summer Landscape with Trees" by Léon Richet (1847-1907).
Category
19th Century French Barbizon School Antique Leon Richet
Materials
Wood, Canvas, Paint
Antique French Oil On Canvas, "La Chaumière à Fontainebleau" by Leon Richet.
By Leon Richet
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique 19th Century French Oil On Canvas Painting, "La Chaumière à Fontainebleau" by Barbizon Artist Leon Richet (1847-1907).
This lovely pastoral painting is of a thatched cottage...
Category
Late 19th Century French Barbizon School Antique Leon Richet
Materials
Paint, Canvas, Wood
Related Items
Antique French Oil on Canvas Stag Hunt Painting in Giltwood Frame, H. De Forges
Located in Dallas, TX
A beautiful oil on canvas rendering of a stag hunt, presented in a fluted giltwood frame with a bundled husk border and large, parted leaves in the corners. The painting is signed in the lower right corner by the artist, “H. de Forges”, a member of the Barbizon French school of the late 1800s, who specialized in animal hunt scenes.
The vibrancy of de Forges’ painting has not diminished over time; the colors seem to pop right off the canvas. A blue sky with some low-lying white clouds hangs above trees mainly bereft of leaves, indicating it is late autumn. Slender grass, ranging from green to brown, surrounds a watering hole in the middle of a clearing, with a single stag near the water’s edge. Eight white hunting dogs with black and tan markings surround the deer on one side of the pond. Behind the pack is a brown horse ridden by a huntsman dressed in red and black, preparing to sound the hunting horn. Two more riders in red, black, and white, also on brown horses, are emerging from a small hill behind the deer.
Hunting, always a very important pastime in France, became one of the more popular genres in 19th century art, along with with quality pastoral and landscape paintings. Realism was a defining feature of the Barbizon School, as artists were attracted to spending more time living and painting in the natural world. Our hunt scene depicts the surrounding of prey, or pre-hunt revelry. The beautifully colored oil on canvas stag hunt painting...
Category
19th Century French Barbizon School Antique Leon Richet
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
H 27.625 in W 34 in D 2.75 in
French Pair of oil paintings on canvas “Landscapes”, French School
By French House & Garden
Located in Valladolid, ES
One of a kind Pair of oils on linen “Paisajes”, French School of the XVIIIth Century – France
Extraordinary pair of paintings made in oil on canvas, belonging to the French School o...
Category
1780s French Baroque Antique Leon Richet
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Pierre Gaston Rigaud Oil on Canvas Painting "Arbres" Trees French School Antique
By Pierre Gaston Rigaud
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Pierre Gaston Rigaud Oil on Canvas Painting "Arbres" Trees French School Antique . “Arbres” by Pierre Gaston Rigaud. French School Dated 1925. Oil on Canvas. Rigaud was a student of ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Leon Richet
Materials
Canvas, Wood
H 22 in W 26 in D 1 in
Antique Framed Oil Painting on Canvas by L. Vanvalsem
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique Framed oil painting on canvas by L. Vanvalsem depicts a wonderful impressionistic rendition of the wheat harvest, with excellent compositional ar...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Expressionist Leon Richet
Materials
Canvas
Antique English School Oil Painting on Board
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A scene of the Thames River near Richmond (outside of London). Unsigned, with hand written note attached verso as pictured. The elegant painting in original giltwood frame Dimensions...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Leon Richet
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Antique Framed Oil on Canvas by J. van Laer
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique Framed Oil on Canvas by J. van Laer is a captivating landscape depicting a narrow country road through an old growth forest in late afternoon somewhere in the Netherlands. F...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Arts and Crafts Leon Richet
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
Antique French Oil Painting of a Chateau Castle Landscape
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique French Oil Painting of a Chateau Castle Landscape
Category
Early 19th Century French Biedermeier Antique Leon Richet
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
Antique French Oil on Canvas Painting of a Farmyard Scene
Located in Dallas, TX
Presented in oil on canvas, this French painting of chickens in a farmyard dates to the late 1800s. The signed painting depicts 11 chickens of various colors, foraging for food in a ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Leon Richet
Materials
Canvas, Paint
"La Madeleine" by Edouard Leon Cortes, Signed
By Édouard Leon Cortès
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
"La Madeleine" by Edouard Leon Cortes (French 1882-1969)
signed Édouard Cortès l/l.
Oil on canvas. Measuring 18 3/4 by 22 inches.
Provenance: W...
Category
Mid-20th Century Leon Richet
Antique Framed Oil Painting on Canvas by J. Verstecken
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique Framed Oil Painting on Canvas by J. Verstecken shows an artist inspired by a quaint alleyway between two impressive homes lit by the diffuse light of a wintry sun concealed b...
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Rustic Leon Richet
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Barbizon School Painting, Jules Dupré "Landscape by the River", Oil on Canvas
By Jules Dupré
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Rare, large and very beautiful oil painting by Jules Dupré (1811-1889), a French artist famous for his dramatic paintings of forests around Paris and one of the leaders of the Barbiz...
Category
19th Century French Barbizon School Antique Leon Richet
Materials
Canvas, Wood
H 29.5 in W 33.25 in D 3.5 in
French Barbizon School Framed Oil on Canvas Pastoral Painting Signed Th. Linsyer
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Barbizon School framed oil on canvas painting from the early 20th century, depicting a pastoral farmyard scene and signed Theodore Linsyer. Born in France during the early y...
Category
Early 20th Century French Barbizon School Leon Richet
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
H 22 in W 25.25 in D 1.5 in
Previously Available Items
Antique French Barbizon School Oil on Canvas Landscape Painting by Leon Richet
By Leon Richet
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French oil on canvas rural landscape painting signed by Barbizon painter Leon Richet (1847-1907).
Category
19th Century French Barbizon School Antique Leon Richet
Materials
Wood, Canvas, Paint
H 29 in W 36.5 in D 4.25 in
French Barbizon Antique Summer Landscape Painting by Léon Richet
By Leon Richet
Located in Shippensburg, PA
A well-worn dirt path makes its way past a small pond with bleary reflections capturing the trees immediately behind it, the largest gnarled with the upper portion having felled long...
Category
19th Century French Barbizon School Antique Leon Richet
Materials
Paint
Barbizon Landscape Painting of Farm by Léon Richet, c. 1880
By Leon Richet
Located in Shippensburg, PA
A very fine landscape scene of a rural farm house, a dirt path meanders through autumnal grasses before a rickety fence lining the property of the stone and stucco farm house with it...
Category
19th Century French Barbizon School Antique Leon Richet
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Leon Richet furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Leon Richet furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of paint and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Leon Richet furniture, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Prices for Leon Richet furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $9,400 and can go as high as $17,500, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $13,450.