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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Washerwoman beside a village pond, in..., 1840–1845

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Washerwoman beside a village pond, in..., 1840–1845

Sale Date: December 1, 2007

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Fontainebleau

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Fontainebleau

Sale Date: November 27, 2007

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Landscape

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Vieux chene et tronc pourrisant

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Vieux chene et tronc pourrisant

Sale Date: October 24, 2007

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Bourg en Auvergne, 1830

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Bourg en Auvergne, 1830

Sale Date: October 24, 2007

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Versant de la vallée de Saint-Vincent,..., 1830

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Versant de la vallée de Saint-Vincent,..., 1830

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Chaumières près de l'Etang

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Chaumières près de l'Etang

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Soleil Couchant

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Soleil Couchant

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Pont sur une Riviere, 1865

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Pont sur une Riviere, 1865

Sale Date: September 21, 2007

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Landschaft im Jura mit Blick auf den Genfersee

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Landschaft im Jura mit Blick auf den Genfersee

Sale Date: September 21, 2007

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L'Abri des bûcherons (+ Chaumière sous les...

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L'Abri des bûcherons (+ Chaumière sous les...

Sale Date: June 20, 2007

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Landschaft mit kleinem Flusslauf

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Landschaft mit kleinem Flusslauf

Sale Date: June 13, 2007

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Flusslandschaft im Abendlicht

In the manner of Théodore Rousseau

Flusslandschaft im Abendlicht

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Flusslandschaft

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Flusslandschaft

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Paysage, Apres L'Orage

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Paysage, Apres L'Orage

Sale Date: June 19, 2007

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Le bûcheron, 1863

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Le bûcheron, 1863

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A passing storm, 1856

In the manner of Théodore Rousseau

A passing storm, 1856

Sale Date: June 28, 2007

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Ferme dans les Landes - La maison du garde

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Ferme dans les Landes - La maison du garde

Sale Date: June 26, 2007

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Le Plaine de la Plante-à-Biau, 1862

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Le Plaine de la Plante-à-Biau, 1862

Sale Date: June 21, 2007

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Vue d'un pont près de Paris

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Vue d'un pont près de Paris

Sale Date: June 20, 2007

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Paysage a la mare (+ Chemin a Travers les..., 1845

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Paysage a la mare (+ Chemin a Travers les..., 1845

Sale Date: June 13, 2007

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Flußlandschaft

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Flußlandschaft

Sale Date: June 8, 2007

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La porteuse de fagots. Bewaldete Landschaft in...

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La porteuse de fagots. Bewaldete Landschaft in...

Sale Date: May 19, 2007

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Passing clouds

Attributed to Théodore Rousseau

Passing clouds

Sale Date: May 18, 2007

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