Into the woods; National Gallery focuses on French forest.(ARTS & CULTURE)(ART) From: The Washington Times (Washington, DC) | Date: March 1, 2008 | COPYRIGHT 2008 The Washington Times LLC. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Byline: Deborah K. Dietsch , THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Certain rural landscapes loom large in the history of art as agents of creative change. The Hudson River Valley inspired painters to define a distinctly American vision of the wilderness in the decades before the Civil War. Around the same time in France, a royal hunting ground about 35 miles southeast of Paris attracted artists to depict its rugged terrain with a heightened sense of naturalism.

This large tract, known as the Forest of Fontainebleau, is where the Barbizon school took root and the first seeds of ...

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