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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Landscape with a peasant working in a field, a...

Théodore Rousseau

Landscape with a peasant working in a field, a...

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Jeune gardien et son troupeau à la mare

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Jeune gardien et son troupeau à la mare

Sale Date: January 15, 2007

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Les environs de Saint Flour

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Les environs de Saint Flour

Sale Date: December 15, 2010

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Paysage vallonné

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Paysage vallonné

Sale Date: December 8, 2010

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Paysage animé

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Paysage animé

Sale Date: February 15, 2009

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La maison du garde

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La maison du garde

Sale Date: November 21, 2010

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Chemin des champs menant à un village

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Chemin des champs menant à un village

Sale Date: November 21, 2010

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Waldlandschaft mit Fluss und Brücke

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Waldlandschaft mit Fluss und Brücke

Sale Date: November 24, 2010

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Sunlit woods (study)

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Sunlit woods (study)

Sale Date: November 10, 2010

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Rivière dans le Berry

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Rivière dans le Berry

Sale Date: October 24, 2010

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Paysage vallonné, Auvergne, 1830

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Paysage vallonné, Auvergne, 1830

Sale Date: October 22, 2010

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La mare près du dormoir, 1850

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La mare près du dormoir, 1850

Sale Date: October 29, 2010

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Paysage d'Auvergne, 1830

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Paysage d'Auvergne, 1830

Sale Date: September 24, 2010

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Landscape with figures

In the manner of Théodore Rousseau

Landscape with figures

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Paysage avec habitations

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Paysage avec habitations

Sale Date: June 25, 2010

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Paysage boisé

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Paysage boisé

Sale Date: June 22, 2010

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Paysage à la mare

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Paysage à la mare

Sale Date: June 11, 2010

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Paysage

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Sale Date: June 4, 2010

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An artist sketching with other figures in a...

Théodore Rousseau

An artist sketching with other figures in a...

Sale Date: June 9, 2010

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The forest of Fontainebleau, 1860

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The forest of Fontainebleau, 1860

Sale Date: May 19, 2010

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Campagne

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Sale Date: May 5, 2010

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Paysage (double-sided)

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Paysage (double-sided)

Sale Date: May 7, 2010

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La mare aux Biches

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La mare aux Biches

Sale Date: May 5, 2010

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Jäger mit Pfeil und Bogen in wilder...

Circle of Théodore Rousseau

Jäger mit Pfeil und Bogen in wilder...

Sale Date: May 7, 2010

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