Karl Pierre Daubigny
Karl Pierre Daubigny (1846–1886) was a French landscape painter. He was the son of the painter Charles François Daubigny and learned a lot from him. He made his debut at age 17 in the 1863 Salon with Un Sentier (A Track) and Île de Vaux in Auvers, showing his love of spring nature. He kept exhibiting at the Salon, with works such as Vue Prise en Picardie (1866) and Halte de Bohémiens, and he won medals in 1868 and 1874.
In 1998 his work was shown in the exhibition De Delacroix à Dufy, Falaises et Rochers at the Musée des Terre-Neuvas in Fécamp, and in 2000 there was a joint exhibition of father and son at the Musée Daubigny in Auvers-sur-Oise.
His early paintings were influenced by his father, but he soon developed his own, darker and more personal style, using pure colors to create atmosphere with light. He painted scenes from the forest of Fontainebleau and the coastlines of Brittany and Normandy, such as Return of the Fishing Fleet to Trouville (1872) and Banks of the Seine (1880). He also made landscape etchings, including some after his father’s works; two appeared in Frédéric Henriet’s book (1875).
Karl Daubigny died young, at 40, but he left a strong mark on the second generation of Barbizon painters through his deep love of nature. A typical work is Paysage de Ferme (A Farm Scene): a rural scene with buildings, trees, and a water feature, impressionistic in style with soft brushstrokes and a focus on light and mood.
Today his works can be found in several museums and galleries.
This page was last edited on 3 February 2026, at 03:52 (CET).