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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Waldlichtung, 1850–1855

Théodore Rousseau

Waldlichtung, 1850–1855

Sale Date: April 23, 2010

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Paysage

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Sale Date: March 24, 2010

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Bergers et moutons

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Bergers et moutons

Sale Date: March 24, 2010

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Scenery from Apremont

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Scenery from Apremont

Sale Date: February 1, 2010

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Paysage

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Sale Date: December 18, 2009

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Paysage d'été

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Paysage d'été

Sale Date: December 8, 2009

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Vaches à la mare, 1850

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Vaches à la mare, 1850

Sale Date: December 4, 2009

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Waldlandschaft mit Weiher

Attributed to Théodore Rousseau

Waldlandschaft mit Weiher

Sale Date: November 20, 2009

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Twilight, 1850

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Twilight, 1850

Sale Date: November 11, 2009

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Le printemps (study), 1842

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Le printemps (study), 1842

Sale Date: October 12, 2009

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Bords de l'Oise

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Bords de l'Oise

Sale Date: October 21, 2009

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Berger dans la plaine

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Berger dans la plaine

Sale Date: September 30, 2009

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Landscape

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Sale Date: August 7, 2009

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La mare à Dagnan

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La mare à Dagnan

Sale Date: June 24, 2009

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L'Éducation d'Achille par la centaure Chiron

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L'Éducation d'Achille par la centaure Chiron

Sale Date: June 12, 2009

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Torrent en Auvergne près de Royat

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Torrent en Auvergne près de Royat

Sale Date: June 12, 2009

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Pont dans le Jura, 1834

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Pont dans le Jura, 1834

Sale Date: June 4, 2009

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Parklandschaft

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Parklandschaft

Sale Date: May 16, 2009

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La Plaine de la Plante à Biau, 1921

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La Plaine de la Plante à Biau, 1921

Sale Date: May 9, 2009

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Le cerisier de la blante à Biau, 1921

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Le cerisier de la blante à Biau, 1921

Sale Date: May 9, 2009

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Bäume

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Sale Date: March 26, 2009

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Paysage fluvial animé

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Paysage fluvial animé

Sale Date: March 29, 2009

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Vue de Paris prise de hauteurs de Chaillot

Théodore Rousseau

Vue de Paris prise de hauteurs de Chaillot

Sale Date: March 29, 2009

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Études d'abris en bois (2 works, various sizes)

Théodore Rousseau

Études d'abris en bois (2 works, various sizes)

Sale Date: March 26, 2009

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