Armand Cassagne

Armand-Théophile Cassagne (3 May 1823, Le Landin - 5 June 1907, Fontainebleau) was a French painter, watercolorist, lithographer, and writer; associated with the Barbizon School.

He studied with the English painter and lithographer, James Duffield Harding, who influenced his depictions of trees and foliage.

His favorite place to work was in the Forest of Fontainebleau, where he created over three hundred watercolors and paintings.

It was there, in the city library, that he studied the local manuscripts and art collections, under the guidance of the miniaturist, Théodore Basset de Jolimont, who was then serving as Librarian.

During those years, in addition to Fontainebleau, he worked in Barbizon, the valleys near Chevreuse, the mountains around Grenoble, and along the Rhine.