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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, December 9, 1964

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 9, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Charming Barizon a Mecca for lovers of Tourlis can Viii old studio works of Barbison school Artioli by Jamb 545 Parli weird rack Cortili us Poloi by Meru Hunter at the Edge of looking toward the Village Church at u a big Flat Field when two of the world bes known painting were put on the townspeople will be glad to Tell you where it a dirt Road skim the Field and you can Stop there and watch French Farmers at they still sow seed by hand in a rhythmic manner which would have pleased Jean fran Coll Millet who chose this spot to paint gleaners and the toe paintings now hang in the louvre museum in Paris and copies adorn Many school which is found at the in trance to Umi magnificent Fontainebleau is a charming Little town with memories of a number of famous it was Here that painters of the bar Bizon school worked in the 19th Century to develop a they worked outdoors at landscape avoiding much of the senti mentality of the past and using a kind of direct approach like that of the 17th Century dutch writers and fashionable people joined the painters and Bur Bizon became an elegant coun try Retreat and a place of artistic Pil in a it still in like Many artists paint there today und their works Muy be purchased in a number of Gal one can Vish the old studio of Theodore Rousseau who was Leader in the Barizon school along with and later Millet and the Barizon printers had a grand feeling of spaciousness and used colors which seemed fresh and their thought was important but it was overshadowed by the impressionist movement which came the town is Worth a visit for anyone interested in but visitors must be a snack consisting of a bum slice of cake and cup of Tea at a fashionable Tea room Cun Cost an inspection of h South of should also include trip through the once the Hunt ing preserve of French it contains acres of Beautiful Pun and Beech Trees intermingled with Horn Spruce and then Are excellent hiking trails and one of Vii lies a glimpse of Deer und other wild in the Forest lie mimic famous Rock Gorges und outcroppings of Limestone sculpted by water into strange some of the rocks Lime scaly surfaces  Conn Oliie skin and take on appear Unap of weird prehistoric ital of Anjou Millet stood to and now in in j u a Load Stam 1944 11  
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