The leaders of the Barbizon school were Théodore Rousseau, Jean-François Millet, and Charles-François Daubigny; other members included Jules Dupré, Constant Troyon, Charles Jacque, Narcisse Virgilio Díaz, Pierre Emmanuel Damoye, Charles Olivier de Penne, Henri Harpignies,Paul-Emmanuel Péraire, Gabriel-Hippolyte Lebas, Albert Charpin, Félix Ziem, François-Louis Français, Émile van Marcke, and Alexandre Defaux.
Tra gli altri esponenti, Jules Dupré molto vicino a Rousseau, il manierato e brillante Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña, Jules Jacques Veyrassat, Henri Harpignies, Félix Ziem, Constant Troyon,Albert Charpin, Charles Olivier de Penne, Alexandre DeFaux, Ferdinand Chaigneau e, marginalmente, lo svizzero Karl Bodmer.