Karl Pierre Daubigny
French painter (1846-1886)
Karl Pierre Daubigny (1846–1886) was a French artist, known for his landscape paintings.
Biography
Karl Pierre Daubigny was the son of Charles François Daubigny and much influenced by him. He made his debut, at the age of 17, at the Salon of 1863 with Un Sentier (A Track) and Île de Vaux in Auvers, which showed his keen feel for nature in spring. He continued to exhibit regularly at the Salon. In the Salon of 1866 he showed Vue Prise en Picardie (View Taken in Picardy) and Halte de Bohémiens (Halt of Bohemians). He was awarded medals in the Salon of 1868 and Salon of 1874. Karl Pierre Daubigny figured in the exhibition De Delacroix à Dufy, Falaises et Rochers at the Musée des Terre-Neuvas in Fécamp in 1998. In 2000 an exhibition featuring the works of both father and son for the first time was organized at the Musée Daubigny in Auvers-sur-Oise”
His earliest works are obviously influenced by his father, but he soon came to develop a more personal and sombre style (the works of his maturity achieved a very personal and original style, characterized above all by the atmosphere and the plays of color and light, perfectly realized with pure colors). The forest of Fontainebleau or the coastline and landscape of Brittany and Normandy provided most of his subjects (e.g. the Return of the Fishing Fleet to Trouville, 1872; Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, and the Banks of the Seine, 1880; Musée Municipal, Brest).
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