Alexandre René Véron (1826-1897) Figures in the forest (probably Fontainebleau) Oil on canvas Signed and dated "1886" 55 x 46 cm 61x52cm framed Montbazon1826-Paris1897 French landscape painter, member of the Barbizon School. he is the author of admirable views of Fontainebleau, Auvers-sur-Oise, Pontoise, Crécy-en-Brie, Asnières and Argenteuil. Pupil of Paul Delaroche, belonging to the current of followers of Daubigny, he exhibited at the Salon from 1848. Public collections: Dole, Museum of Fine Arts Chalon legacy, 1911 (a set of six works) Nantes Museum of Fine Arts In a sunny clearing, the father paints, the mother knits beside him and the children play. ;