Karl Pierre Daubigny


Karl Pierre Daubigny 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 1863 Salon with Un Sentier and Île de Vaux in Auvers, which showed his keen feel for nature in spring. He continued to exhibit regularly at the Salon. In 1866 he showed Vue ''Prise en Picardie and Halte de Bohémiens. He was awarded medals in 1868 and 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 forest of Fontainebleau or the coastline and landscape of Brittany and Normandy provided most of his subjects. He also produced a number of landscape etchings, including several after his father's paintings, two of which appeared in Frédéric Henriet's C. Daubigny et son oeuvre gravé
Karl Daubigny died prematurely at the age of 40.  His prolific contribution to the second generation of Barbizon painters is evident in his ability to convey, through his painting, his devotion to and love of nature.

Selected Museum Collections

The work of Karl Pierre Daubigny can be found at the following museums and galleries: