Jules Dupré

Jules Dupré, a leading Barbizon painter, captured the dramatic power of nature, from stormy skies to windswept coastlines.

ABOUT

Born in Nantes in 1811, Jules Dupré emerged as a pivotal figure in the Barbizon school, a group of French landscape painters who championed direct observation of nature. His artistic journey began with his debut at the Salon in 1831, earning him a second-class medal three years later. A transformative trip to England in 1834 exposed him to the innovative landscapes of John Constable, deeply influencing his approach to capturing movement and atmosphere in nature. Dupré was pa…

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NOTABLE WORKS

English View, after Jules Dupré 1800 · Cleveland Museum of Art Landscape with Cattle (recto) Cattle (verso) 1811 · Cleveland Museum of Art Landscape with Cattle (recto) 1811 · Cleveland Museum of Art Cattle (verso) 1811 · Cleveland Museum of Art A Seated Shepherdess 1831 · Cleveland Museum of Art Mill in the Sologne, France 1835 · Cleveland Museum of Art

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INFLUENCES

Influenced by

John ConstableRomanticism