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.

Théodore Rousseau Artworks

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Sous-bois à pêcheur

Théodore Rousseau

Sous-bois à pêcheur

Sale Date: February 5, 2012

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Mare au crépuscule

Théodore Rousseau

Mare au crépuscule

Sale Date: February 12, 2012

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Chaumières près de l'Etang

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Chaumières près de l'Etang

Sale Date: January 27, 2012

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Paysage

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Sale Date: December 16, 2011

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Habitations dans un sous-bois

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Habitations dans un sous-bois

Sale Date: December 16, 2011

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Rochers de Malhec dans la vallée de...

Théodore Rousseau

Rochers de Malhec dans la vallée de...

Sale Date: December 15, 2011

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Landschaft mit Figurenstaffage bei Sonnenuntergang

Attributed to Théodore Rousseau

Landschaft mit Figurenstaffage bei Sonnenuntergang

Sale Date: November 19, 2011

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La plaine au soleil en contre bas

Théodore Rousseau

La plaine au soleil en contre bas

Sale Date: November 18, 2011

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L'Arc-en-ciel sur le col de la Faucille, au fond

Théodore Rousseau

L'Arc-en-ciel sur le col de la Faucille, au fond

Sale Date: November 18, 2011

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Landschafts (study)

Attributed to Théodore Rousseau

Landschafts (study)

Sale Date: November 18, 2011

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La mare

Théodore Rousseau

Sale Date: November 4, 2011

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The cottage

Théodore Rousseau

Sale Date: October 22, 2011

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Waldinneres

Follower of Théodore Rousseau

Sale Date: November 5, 2011

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French landscape at sunset

Théodore Rousseau

French landscape at sunset

Sale Date: September 27, 2011

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Clair de lune en foret de Fontainebleau (La..., 1864

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Clair de lune en foret de Fontainebleau (La..., 1864

Sale Date: September 9, 2011

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Barbizon landscape

Théodore Rousseau

Barbizon landscape

Sale Date: June 18, 2011

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Le chemin de paris, forêt de Fontainebleau

Théodore Rousseau

Le chemin de paris, forêt de Fontainebleau

Sale Date: June 23, 2011

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La Faisanderieen forêt de Compiègne, 1833

Théodore Rousseau

La Faisanderieen forêt de Compiègne, 1833

Sale Date: June 18, 2011

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Paysage des Alpes

Théodore Rousseau

Paysage des Alpes

Sale Date: May 30, 2011

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Etang en forêt

Théodore Rousseau

Etang en forêt

Sale Date: May 25, 2011

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Environs de Bressuire (Vendée), 1842–1844

Théodore Rousseau

Environs de Bressuire (Vendée), 1842–1844

Sale Date: May 31, 2011

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Stimmungsvolle Flusspartie mit Enten, 1889

Attributed to Théodore Rousseau

Stimmungsvolle Flusspartie mit Enten, 1889

Sale Date: May 13, 2011

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Vaches s'abreuvant

Théodore Rousseau

Vaches s'abreuvant

Sale Date: April 6, 2011

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Chemin dans un paysage

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Chemin dans un paysage

Sale Date: April 1, 2011

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