The pastoral Auvers-sur-Oise region of hills, fields, gardens and cottages attracted artists to it and the surrounding area.
The picturesqueness of the village, as well as its proximity and railway connection to Paris, made it a popular destination for artists and during the mid- to late-nineteenth-century an influx of painters, such as Daubigny, Cézanne, Pissarro, Daumier and Corot, saw the village become an artist’s colony comparable to Barbizon.
She studied under William Holman Hunt, and her water-colors, exhibited at the Salon, the Royal Academy and elsewhere, showed great originality and talent, and were admired by Corot and Daubigny.
Initially Daubigny painted in a traditional style, but this changed after 1843 when he settled in Barbizon to work outside in nature.
The collection includes works by American artists Charles Warren Eaton, Henry Farrer, Childe Hassam, Albert Lorey Groll, Hamilton King, Lawrence Mazzonovich, Henry Ward Ranger, Peter Alfred Gross, David Ericson as well as European artists C. F. Daubigny, Henri Harpignies and many more.