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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Chênes de roche, 1861–1861

Théodore Rousseau

Chênes de roche, 1861–1861

Sale Date: September 21, 2001

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Environs autour de Bressuire, 1840–1840

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Environs autour de Bressuire, 1840–1840

Sale Date: June 9, 2001

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Sous-bois, 1848–1850

Théodore Rousseau

Sous-bois, 1848–1850

Sale Date: June 9, 2001

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Bord de rivière à la barque

Théodore Rousseau

Bord de rivière à la barque

Sale Date: June 6, 2001

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Teichlandschaft mit Figurenstaffage

Attributed to Théodore Rousseau

Teichlandschaft mit Figurenstaffage

Sale Date: May 7, 2001

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Paysage fluviale

Théodore Rousseau

Paysage fluviale

Sale Date: May 2, 2001

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Lisière de bois, plaine de Barabizon,..., 1850–1855

Théodore Rousseau

Lisière de bois, plaine de Barabizon,..., 1850–1855

Sale Date: May 2, 2001

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Le bouleau du Carrefour de la Reine-Blanche

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Le bouleau du Carrefour de la Reine-Blanche

Sale Date: May 1, 2001

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Forest at Fontainebleau

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Forest at Fontainebleau

Sale Date: May 1, 2001

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L'etude des marais de tiffauge en vendée

Théodore Rousseau

L'etude des marais de tiffauge en vendée

Sale Date: May 1, 2001

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Paysage de sous-bois, 1865–1865

Théodore Rousseau

Paysage de sous-bois, 1865–1865

Sale Date: April 8, 2001

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Sous-bois

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Sale Date: March 28, 2001

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Paysage marécageux

Théodore Rousseau

Paysage marécageux

Sale Date: March 27, 2001

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Abendlandschaft

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Abendlandschaft

Sale Date: November 25, 2000

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Lichtung im Wald von Fontainebleau bei...

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Lichtung im Wald von Fontainebleau bei...

Sale Date: November 24, 2000

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Sortie de forêt

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Sortie de forêt

Sale Date: November 23, 2000

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La ramasseuse de fagots dans une clairière

Théodore Rousseau

La ramasseuse de fagots dans une clairière

Sale Date: November 20, 2000

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Paysage

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Sale Date: November 20, 2000

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Les pommiers de la Belle-Marie

Théodore Rousseau

Les pommiers de la Belle-Marie

Sale Date: November 20, 2000

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Arbres et chemin en bord de rivière

Théodore Rousseau

Arbres et chemin en bord de rivière

Sale Date: November 16, 2000

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A landscape at dusk

Théodore Rousseau

A landscape at dusk

Sale Date: November 15, 2000

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Paysage

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Sale Date: November 13, 2000

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Grand arbre dans une clairière, 1848–1850

Théodore Rousseau

Grand arbre dans une clairière, 1848–1850

Sale Date: November 9, 2000

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Sous-bois, 1858–1860

Théodore Rousseau

Sous-bois, 1858–1860

Sale Date: October 20, 2000

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