Paul Vernon

Paul Vernon, born in 1796, was a student of Diaz and Théodore Rousseau. He exhibited at the Salon and is thus considered a Master of the Barbizon school.
According to an excerpt from the Journal des deux mondes, Journal des grands voyages published in 1880, he is described as follows: "Paul Vernon is now a Master of the second generation. The first generation, which consists of Diaz, Corot, Rousseau, etc... In Paul Vernon, talent is subdivided into two distinct modes: when he is himself, full of melancholic reveries, as befits a bard of the woods, as he was at Bas-Breau, as he is in the forest of Chambord and at Belles-Croix, where the fanfares of the Pan Flute have muted tones and the old oaks plunge into the atmosphere. When he imitates Rousseau, he does so in such a way that the most astute expert cannot see a thing and cannot distinguish the Master from the pupil. I save for last a most sincere and distinguished realist painter."