Théodore Rousseau

(French, 1812–1867)

Théodore Rousseau was a French artist and one of the leading figures in the Barbizon School, alongside Jean-François Millet and Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot. Staging himself in rural landscapes around France, Rousseau depicted brooding scenes such as The Forest in Winter at Sunset (1846-1867), with a range of brushstrokes and tonal colors. “It is better in art to be honest than clever,” he once remarked. Born Pierre-Étienne-Théodore Rousseau on April 15, 1812 in Paris, France, he began to paint as a teenager and later studied under Neoclassical artists. Despite his training, he based much of his style on the 17th-century Dutch landscape painters Jacob van Ruisdael and Meindert Hobbema. Beginning to work en plein air during the 1820s, Rousseau first travelled to the Forest of Fontainebleau southeast of Paris in 1833. He settled in Barbizon, a village on the outskirts of the forest, the artist began working alongside Corot, Charles-François Daubigny, Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de La Peña, and Millet. Throughout the subsequent years, Rousseau had a contentious relationship with the Paris Salon which often rejected his works. Along with the rest of the Barbizon School, Rousseau’s work had a profound impact on the development of the generation of painters who became the Impressionists. The artist died on December 22, 1867 in Barbizon, France. Today, his works are held in the collections of the Louvre Museum in Paris, the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, among others.

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A horse and cart in an autumn landscape

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A horse and cart in an autumn landscape

Sale Date: September 24, 2014

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Étude d'arbres

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Étude d'arbres

Sale Date: October 3, 2014

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Sous Bois

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Sale Date: July 5, 2014

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A riverside landscape

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A riverside landscape

Sale Date: July 9, 2014

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A road in a plain, at Fontainebleau

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A road in a plain, at Fontainebleau

Sale Date: July 9, 2014

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Untitled, Pastoral Scene with figures

Attributed to Théodore Rousseau

Untitled, Pastoral Scene with figures

Sale Date: May 31, 2014

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Les Gorges d'Apremont en forêt de Fontainebleau

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Les Gorges d'Apremont en forêt de Fontainebleau

Sale Date: June 11, 2014

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The river bank

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The river bank

Sale Date: May 27, 2014

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The Hamlet Behind the Trees, 1844

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The Hamlet Behind the Trees, 1844

Sale Date: May 16, 2014

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Cavalier à la lisière d'un bois

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Cavalier à la lisière d'un bois

Sale Date: May 9, 2014

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Vue de Billancourt et Bas Meudon

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Vue de Billancourt et Bas Meudon

Sale Date: May 9, 2014

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Versant de la valleé de Saint-Vincent (Auvergne)

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Versant de la valleé de Saint-Vincent (Auvergne)

Sale Date: May 9, 2014

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Bourg en Auvergne, 1830

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Bourg en Auvergne, 1830

Sale Date: April 28, 2014

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Untitled, Pastoral Scene with figures

Attributed to Théodore Rousseau

Untitled, Pastoral Scene with figures

Sale Date: March 29, 2014

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Country near Fountainbleau, Pastoral Scene with...

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Country near Fountainbleau, Pastoral Scene with...

Sale Date: March 29, 2014

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Untitled, Pastoral Scene

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Untitled, Pastoral Scene

Sale Date: March 29, 2014

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Arbres et rochers, 1840

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Arbres et rochers, 1840

Sale Date: March 27, 2014

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La Mare, 1855

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La Mare, 1855

Sale Date: March 28, 2014

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La Cascade (Vallée de Chevreuse), 1828

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La Cascade (Vallée de Chevreuse), 1828

Sale Date: March 28, 2014

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Le château Gaillard aux Andelys

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Le château Gaillard aux Andelys

Sale Date: March 21, 2014

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Vue prise à Marlotte, environs de..., 1832

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Vue prise à Marlotte, environs de..., 1832

Sale Date: March 21, 2014

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Paysage

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Sale Date: January 26, 2014

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Vue du chevet de l'église Saint Jean à Thiers

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Vue du chevet de l'église Saint Jean à Thiers

Sale Date: February 7, 2014

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Lac de Genève et Mont-Blanc, 1862–1863

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Lac de Genève et Mont-Blanc, 1862–1863

Sale Date: February 6, 2014

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