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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Etang en lisière de bois, 1853

Théodore Rousseau

Etang en lisière de bois, 1853

Sale Date: March 27, 2009

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Lisière de bois, plaine de Barbizon, prés de...

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Lisière de bois, plaine de Barbizon, prés de...

Sale Date: March 27, 2009

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Pastoral landscape with cattle

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Pastoral landscape with cattle

Sale Date: February 8, 2009

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La Valleé de la Seine: The river Seine near Vernon

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La Valleé de la Seine: The river Seine near Vernon

Sale Date: January 21, 2009

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Les vieux bouleaux au plateau de Bellecroix..., 1855

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Les vieux bouleaux au plateau de Bellecroix..., 1855

Sale Date: January 21, 2009

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Sortie de la forêt, 1850–1855

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Sortie de la forêt, 1850–1855

Sale Date: December 7, 2008

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Plaine de Chantilly à la fin du jour

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Plaine de Chantilly à la fin du jour

Sale Date: December 7, 2008

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Les environs de Saint Flour

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Les environs de Saint Flour

Sale Date: December 12, 2008

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Paysage

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Sale Date: November 26, 2008

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Paysage en Forêt de Fontainebleau

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Paysage en Forêt de Fontainebleau

Sale Date: December 12, 2008

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Waldlandschaft mit Weiher

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Waldlandschaft mit Weiher

Sale Date: November 21, 2008

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Haus in der Normandie, 1828

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Haus in der Normandie, 1828

Sale Date: November 17, 2008

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Paysage arboré: Souvenir de Picardie

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Paysage arboré: Souvenir de Picardie

Sale Date: November 16, 2008

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Arbres au bord d'une mare en forêt de...

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Arbres au bord d'une mare en forêt de...

Sale Date: November 13, 2008

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Paysage vallonné avec troupeau de vaches

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Paysage vallonné avec troupeau de vaches

Sale Date: November 13, 2008

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Paysage du Jura, 1834

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Paysage du Jura, 1834

Sale Date: November 13, 2008

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Le cerisier à Biau (+ 1 later print, lrgr; 2 , 1850

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Le cerisier à Biau (+ 1 later print, lrgr; 2 , 1850

Sale Date: November 15, 2008

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Vallée en Normandie

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Vallée en Normandie

Sale Date: October 22, 2008

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The village road

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The village road

Sale Date: October 22, 2008

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Paysage, après l'orage

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Paysage, après l'orage

Sale Date: October 23, 2008

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Landscape with country road at sunset

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Landscape with country road at sunset

Sale Date: October 4, 2008

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Landschaft mit Dorf

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Landschaft mit Dorf

Sale Date: September 19, 2008

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Vue du Puy de Dôme et de Royat, 1839

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Vue du Puy de Dôme et de Royat, 1839

Sale Date: June 26, 2008

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Paysage de campagne

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Paysage de campagne

Sale Date: June 12, 2008

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