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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Abris de bûcherons (pair)

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Abris de bûcherons (pair)

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Chênes de Roche, 1861

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Chênes de Roche, 1861

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Paysage Panoramique des environs de Paris

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Paysage Panoramique des environs de Paris

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Chênes de roche, 1861

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Chênes de roche, 1861

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L'Abri des bucherons (+ Chaumières sous des...

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L'Abri des bucherons (+ Chaumières sous des...

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Chênes de roche

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Chênes de roche

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Vue panoramique de Paris

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Vue panoramique de Paris

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Barques de pêcheurs sur une rivière

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Barques de pêcheurs sur une rivière

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Paysage (dbl-sided)

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Coucher de Soleil au Cuvier-Châtillon, 1854–1858

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Coucher de Soleil au Cuvier-Châtillon, 1854–1858

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Paysanne et ses vaches

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Paysanne et ses vaches

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Paysage des Alpes

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Paysage des Alpes

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Landskap med arbetande kvinnor, 1948

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Landskap med arbetande kvinnor, 1948

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Rochers en forêt de Fontainebleu

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Rochers en forêt de Fontainebleu

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Bosquet d'arbres

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Bosquet d'arbres

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Cascade en forêt, 1829–1830

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Cascade en forêt, 1829–1830

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La mare aux hérons

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La mare aux hérons

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Mare au milieu d'une clairière

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Mare au milieu d'une clairière

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Étude d'abri et de cabanon (+ another, smaller,...

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Étude d'abri et de cabanon (+ another, smaller,...

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Arbres et rochers, paysage en Forêt de...

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Arbres et rochers, paysage en Forêt de...

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Chêne de roche

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Chêne de roche

Sale Date: December 12, 2007

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