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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Village d'Auvergne (Thiers?), 1830

Théodore Rousseau

Village d'Auvergne (Thiers?), 1830

Sale Date: October 20, 2023

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Landscape

Théodore Rousseau

Sale Date: September 26, 2023

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Forest landscape of Fontainebleau

Théodore Rousseau

Forest landscape of Fontainebleau

Sale Date: September 22, 2023

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Paesaggio con figure

Attributed to Théodore Rousseau

Paesaggio con figure

Sale Date: July 27, 2023

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Paysage

Théodore Rousseau

Sale Date: July 13, 2023

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The Bluff

Circle of Théodore Rousseau

Sale Date: May 25, 2023

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Chemin en sous-bois

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Chemin en sous-bois

Sale Date: May 23, 2023

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Mene en Foret

Théodore Rousseau

Mene en Foret

Sale Date: May 18, 2023

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Torrent en Auvergne près de Royat, 1830

Théodore Rousseau

Torrent en Auvergne près de Royat, 1830

Sale Date: June 1, 2023

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Château de Pierrefonds, 1829–1832

Théodore Rousseau

Château de Pierrefonds, 1829–1832

Sale Date: June 1, 2023

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Paysage au coucher du soleil

Théodore Rousseau

Paysage au coucher du soleil

Sale Date: May 11, 2023

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Mountain Landscape.

Théodore Rousseau

Mountain Landscape.

Sale Date: April 6, 2023

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Forest landscape of Fontainebleau

Théodore Rousseau

Forest landscape of Fontainebleau

Sale Date: March 31, 2023

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Vue d'une ferme, probablement dans les Landes

Théodore Rousseau

Vue d'une ferme, probablement dans les Landes

Sale Date: March 22, 2023

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Cours d'eau et ancien pont dans un sous-bois , 1831

Théodore Rousseau

Cours d'eau et ancien pont dans un sous-bois , 1831

Sale Date: March 22, 2023

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Le Passage du gué

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Le Passage du gué

Sale Date: January 27, 2023

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Twilight

Théodore Rousseau

Sale Date: January 27, 2023

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Landscape in the evening light

Attributed to Théodore Rousseau

Landscape in the evening light

Sale Date: November 17, 2022

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Plaine de Chailly à la fin du jour

Théodore Rousseau

Plaine de Chailly à la fin du jour

Sale Date: September 16, 2022

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Paysage de sous-bois

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Paysage de sous-bois

Sale Date: December 16, 2022

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Forêt de Fontainebleau

Théodore Rousseau

Forêt de Fontainebleau

Sale Date: December 9, 2022

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Crepuscule

Attributed to Théodore Rousseau

Sale Date: December 7, 2022

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French landscape with a large tree and waterhole

Théodore Rousseau

French landscape with a large tree and waterhole

Sale Date: November 29, 2022

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Vue d'une plaine

Théodore Rousseau

Vue d'une plaine

Sale Date: November 27, 2022

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