List of Landscape Artists

Charles-François Daubigny

• Charles Francois Daubigny (1817-1878) was a French landscape painter. He came from a family of painters, as his father and uncle were artists. Daubigny was trained at the Barbizon School. For part of his life, Daubigny traveled along the Seine and Oise rivers in his floating studio creating landscapes. From 1864 to 1874, his work heavily concentrated on trees and rivers. One of his trademarks was to add extra ducks to his favorite paintings. Some of his best-known paintings are "Apple Blossoms," "Banks of the Loing" and "Ducklings in a River Landscape." His 1857 painting, "Springtime," hangs in the Louvre.

Claude Monet

• Claude Monet (1840-1926) was a French painter often referred to as the originator of Impressionism. As a teenager, Monet was influenced by painter Eugene Boudin, who introduced him to landscape painting. In 1859, Monet left his family to study at the Académie Suisse in Paris. He concentrated on realistic images, particularly the same image in differing types of lighting. From his home in Giverny, Monet was inspired to create a series of paintings of water lilies, which are among his most famous works. Other well-known paintings are "Impression," "Sunrise," "Haystack in the Morning" and "Snow Effect." Many of Monet's landscape paintings are on exhibit around the world, including at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and London's National Gallery.

Thomas Cole

• Thomas Cole (1801-1848) was an American landscape painter of the early 19th century. Cole was born in England where he worked as a wood engraver, but moved to America in 1818. He settled in New York and helped found the Hudson River School. Cole spent most of his career painting oil sketches in the Catskills, the White Mountains and in the Adirondacks. He was greatly influenced by American landscape. Some of his works: "View of Mount Washington," "View on the Catskill," "View Near Conway," "Flume in the White Mountains" and "American Lake Scene."