LEON RICHET (FRENCH 1847-1907) Boisiere dans la Clairiere de Barbizon, oil on panel 40.9 x 56.5 cm (16 1/8 x 22 1/4 in.) signed lower right LOT NOTESThe work of Leon Richet was greatly influenced by that of his teacher Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Pena, a leading artists of the Barbizon School. As his teacher, Richet found himself painting at Fontainebleau and Barbizon areas, treasured for their pristine beauty by the landscape painters of their prior generation. It is in this area that Richet would create his best known works, for which he is remembered as one of Diaz's most successful students.