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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Paysage avec un troupeau de vaches au bord d'une

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Paysage avec un troupeau de vaches au bord d'une

Sale Date: December 16, 2012

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Paysage d'Auvergne

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Paysage d'Auvergne

Sale Date: December 16, 2012

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Rue de village avec une église et une maison au...

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Rue de village avec une église et une maison au...

Sale Date: December 16, 2012

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Le déversoir du moulin de Batignies, forêt de...

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Le déversoir du moulin de Batignies, forêt de...

Sale Date: December 17, 2012

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Chênes de roche. (Mai), 1861

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Chênes de roche. (Mai), 1861

Sale Date: December 6, 2012

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Paysage au crépuscule (Landscape with sunset)

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Paysage au crépuscule (Landscape with sunset)

Sale Date: December 4, 2012

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Le chemin des buissons près Serigny

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Le chemin des buissons près Serigny

Sale Date: November 23, 2012

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Weite Landschaft mit Baum

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Weite Landschaft mit Baum

Sale Date: November 23, 2012

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Étude de ciel (study)

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Étude de ciel (study)

Sale Date: October 29, 2012

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Return from the Fields

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Return from the Fields

Sale Date: November 8, 2012

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Campagne près de Fontainebleau

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Campagne près de Fontainebleau

Sale Date: November 1, 2012

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Vue prise de Chaillot, Paris

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Vue prise de Chaillot, Paris

Sale Date: October 23, 2012

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Vue du Forêt de Fontainebleau

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Vue du Forêt de Fontainebleau

Sale Date: September 20, 2012

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Bourg en Auvergne

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Bourg en Auvergne

Sale Date: June 21, 2012

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Flusslandschaft mit Eichenbäumen

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Flusslandschaft mit Eichenbäumen

Sale Date: June 19, 2012

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Plateau de Bellecroix, 1850

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Plateau de Bellecroix, 1850

Sale Date: June 19, 2012

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Paysage au crépuscule (Landskap med solnedgång)

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Paysage au crépuscule (Landskap med solnedgång)

Sale Date: June 12, 2012

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Crépuscule, vaches à l'orée du bois (+ Vaches et

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Crépuscule, vaches à l'orée du bois (+ Vaches et

Sale Date: June 3, 2012

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Soleil couchant dans la lande, 1866

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Soleil couchant dans la lande, 1866

Sale Date: June 3, 2012

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Vaches sous un groupe de chênes, Apremont

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Vaches sous un groupe de chênes, Apremont

Sale Date: May 4, 2012

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Plage près du Mont-Saint-Michel

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Plage près du Mont-Saint-Michel

Sale Date: May 4, 2012

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Views from Fontainebleau Forest (recto/verso)

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Views from Fontainebleau Forest (recto/verso)

Sale Date: April 25, 2012

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Crépuscule, vache à l'orée du bois (+ Vaches et...

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Crépuscule, vache à l'orée du bois (+ Vaches et...

Sale Date: March 29, 2012

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Romantická krajina u Provence

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Romantická krajina u Provence

Sale Date: March 11, 2012

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