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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La Plaine de Chailly près de Fontainebleau, 1855

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La Plaine de Chailly près de Fontainebleau, 1855

Sale Date: October 31, 2017

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Rivière dans la plaine, 1831–1833

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Rivière dans la plaine, 1831–1833

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Arbres près d’une chaumière

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Arbres près d’une chaumière

Sale Date: September 18, 2017

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La Vallée tournante de Thiézac, Auvergne, 1830

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La Vallée tournante de Thiézac, Auvergne, 1830

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Paysage du Berry, 1842

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Paysage du Berry, 1842

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FOREST SCENE

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Sale Date: June 12, 2017

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Paysage panoramique, 1829–1832

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Paysage panoramique, 1829–1832

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Paysage

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Sale Date: May 10, 2017

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Promenade en bateau

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Promenade en bateau

Sale Date: May 16, 2017

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Groupe d'arbres à Boisrémond près de Faÿ en..., 1842

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Groupe d'arbres à Boisrémond près de Faÿ en..., 1842

Sale Date: April 9, 2017

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Le mont Blanc vu du col de la Faucille

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Le mont Blanc vu du col de la Faucille

Sale Date: March 22, 2017

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Chêne

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Sale Date: March 20, 2017

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Paysage aux environs de Fontainebleau

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Paysage aux environs de Fontainebleau

Sale Date: March 20, 2017

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Chaumière sous les arbres

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Chaumière sous les arbres

Sale Date: February 14, 2017

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Paysage orageux (Sologne ou Berry ?), 1840

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Paysage orageux (Sologne ou Berry ?), 1840

Sale Date: December 12, 2016

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BARBIZON LANDSCAPE

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BARBIZON LANDSCAPE

Sale Date: November 24, 2016

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Paysage avec montagne et ruisseau

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Paysage avec montagne et ruisseau

Sale Date: October 25, 2016

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Arbres près d’une chaumière

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Arbres près d’une chaumière

Sale Date: October 28, 2016

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La porteuse de fagot

Circle of Théodore Rousseau

La porteuse de fagot

Sale Date: October 24, 2016

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Chaumière sous les arbres

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Chaumière sous les arbres

Sale Date: October 11, 2016

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Paysage du Berri, 1842

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Paysage du Berri, 1842

Sale Date: July 12, 2016

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Gorges d’Apremont, effet de pluie, 1858

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Gorges d’Apremont, effet de pluie, 1858

Sale Date: July 12, 2016

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Paysage d'Auvergne, 1800–1899

Style of Théodore Rousseau

Paysage d'Auvergne, 1800–1899

Sale Date: June 22, 2016

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Paysage orageux, 1847–1853

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Paysage orageux, 1847–1853

Sale Date: June 22, 2016

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