“In the Forest of Fontainebleau: Painters and Photographers From Corot to Monet”

By Susan Davidson

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Shows paintings, pastels, and photographs. Just 35 miles southeast of Paris and accessible by what in the 19th century were new trains, Fontainebleau became a day-trip destination for artists. By leaving their studios for the open air, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Théodore Rousseau, Jean-François Millet, and Claude Monet reveled in the rural landscape—so much so that their use of seasonal colors and light led the way to Impressionism.