François Visconti was a 19th-century French
painter
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of the
Barbizon school. Visconti was active, from at least the early 1870s, in the
Fontainebleau
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region of France. While not as well known as many of his contemporaries, his works were accepted at exhibitions alongside the likes of
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot ( , , ; 16 July 1796 – 22 February 1875), or simply Camille Corot, was a French Landscape art, landscape and Portraitist, portrait painter as well as a printmaking, printmaker in etching. A pivotal figure in ...
,
Charles-François Daubigny
Charles-François Daubigny ( , , ; 15 February 181719 February 1878) was a French painter, one of the members of the Barbizon school, and is considered an important precursor of impressionism.
He was also a prolific printmaker, mostly in etching ...
, and
Narcisse Virgilio Díaz
Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña (20 August 180718 November 1876) was a French painter of the Barbizon school.
Early life
Diaz was born in Bordeaux to Spanish parents. At the age of ten, Diaz became an orphan, and misfortune dogged his early y ...
among others.
Since his death Visconti's works have continued to be collectible, resulting in a regular stream of successful auction transactions, including Christie’s (New York, 2000), Bernaerts (Antwerp, 2008), and Bruun Rasmussen (Denmark, 2007), among others.
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19th-century French people
19th-century French painters
French male painters
19th-century French male artists