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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Barbizon Landscape with Single Figure

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Barbizon Landscape with Single Figure

Sale Date: June 1, 2019

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Vue sur les collines de Montmartre, 1845

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Vue sur les collines de Montmartre, 1845

Sale Date: July 11, 2019

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Arbres, étude

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Arbres, étude

Sale Date: June 30, 2019

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Paysage

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Sale Date: June 19, 2019

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Paysage de Fontainebleau, 1849

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Paysage de Fontainebleau, 1849

Sale Date: June 13, 2019

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Paysage

Théodore Rousseau

Sale Date: May 10, 2019

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Plaine De Barbizon

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Plaine De Barbizon "Sunset Over The Plaine of...

Sale Date: May 26, 2019

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Le grand arbre

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Le grand arbre

Sale Date: March 27, 2019

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Halte de cavalier près d'une chaumière

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Halte de cavalier près d'une chaumière

Sale Date: March 27, 2019

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Chemin en forêt

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Chemin en forêt

Sale Date: March 27, 2019

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Paysage de Fontainebleau

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Paysage de Fontainebleau

Sale Date: March 28, 2019

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Paysage à la mare

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Paysage à la mare

Sale Date: March 28, 2019

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Paysage au bosquet d'arbres

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Paysage au bosquet d'arbres

Sale Date: February 12, 2019

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Paysage à la mare

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Paysage à la mare

Sale Date: January 30, 2019

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Paysage à la mare

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Paysage à la mare

Sale Date: November 26, 2018

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Effet de ciel sur la clairière

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Effet de ciel sur la clairière

Sale Date: November 26, 2018

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Bosquet de chênes au carrefour de l'Epine,..., 1855

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Bosquet de chênes au carrefour de l'Epine,..., 1855

Sale Date: November 26, 2018

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Paysage

Attributed to Théodore Rousseau

Sale Date: November 9, 2018

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Vue présumée de la vallée de la Seine

Théodore Rousseau

Vue présumée de la vallée de la Seine

Sale Date: November 13, 2018

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Le casque de Neron à Grenoble

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Le casque de Neron à Grenoble

Sale Date: November 7, 2018

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Paysage de Fontainebleau

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Paysage de Fontainebleau

Sale Date: November 7, 2018

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Le chêne de roche, 1860

Théodore Rousseau

Le chêne de roche, 1860

Sale Date: October 31, 2018

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Bords de l'Oise, 1850

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Bords de l'Oise, 1850

Sale Date: October 31, 2018

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Chemin en forêt de Fontainebleau

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Chemin en forêt de Fontainebleau

Sale Date: October 15, 2018

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