Barbizon

Barbizon (French pronunciation: [baʁbizɔ̃] ⓘ) is a commune (town) in the Seine-et-Marne department in north-central France.

The inhabitants are called Barbizonais.

The Barbizon school of painters is named after the village; Théodore Rousseau and Jean-François Millet, leaders of the school, made their homes and died in the village.

Leon Trotsky also lived here for a short time.

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