Daubigny
CHARLES FRANÇOIS (dō-bēn-yē'), a French landscape painter and etcher; born in Paris, in 1817; studied under his father, who was a miniature painter, Paul Delaroche, and others; and from 1838 exhibited in the Salon, though his full recognition only came after he was 50. He devoted himself to close and sympathetic study from nature, working much on the Seine in a houseboat. In 1853 he gained a firstclass medal with his "Pool of Gylien." In 1857 he produced his "Springtime"; in 1861, "The Banks of the Oise"; in 1872; "Windmills at Dordrecht"; and in DAUDET 1877, "Rising Moon." His "Sluices in the Valley of Optevos" (1855) and his "Vintage" (1863) are in the Luxembourg Gallery. He is also known as a book-illustrator and as a vigorous etcher.
He died in Paris, Feb. 19, 1878.