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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Teichlandschaft mit Bauernhaus

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Teichlandschaft mit Bauernhaus

Sale Date: December 15, 2006

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Paysage

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Sale Date: December 13, 2006

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Coucher de soleil dans un champ

Théodore Rousseau

Coucher de soleil dans un champ

Sale Date: November 15, 2006

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Village dans une vallée alpine

Théodore Rousseau

Village dans une vallée alpine

Sale Date: November 15, 2006

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Evening landscape, Rocher Besnard in the..., 1913

Théodore Rousseau

Evening landscape, Rocher Besnard in the..., 1913

Sale Date: November 9, 2006

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Vachère dans un paysage, 1840–1845

Théodore Rousseau

Vachère dans un paysage, 1840–1845

Sale Date: November 9, 2006

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La mare aux herons

Théodore Rousseau

La mare aux herons

Sale Date: November 15, 2006

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La plaine de la plante à Biau

Théodore Rousseau

La plaine de la plante à Biau

Sale Date: October 28, 2006

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Personnage sous un arbre près d'une mare, 1860

Théodore Rousseau

Personnage sous un arbre près d'une mare, 1860

Sale Date: October 27, 2006

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Paysage aux arbres

Attributed to Théodore Rousseau

Paysage aux arbres

Sale Date: June 14, 2006

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Gebirgsdorf

Théodore Rousseau

Sale Date: June 28, 2006

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Arbres près d'une rivière

Attributed to Théodore Rousseau

Arbres près d'une rivière

Sale Date: June 9, 2006

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Le sentier en forêt

Théodore Rousseau

Le sentier en forêt

Sale Date: June 27, 2006

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Sous-bois

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Sale Date: June 19, 2006

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Matin de printemps à Bas-Bréau, 1850–1855

Théodore Rousseau

Matin de printemps à Bas-Bréau, 1850–1855

Sale Date: June 19, 2006

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Plaine en forêt de Fontainebleau

Théodore Rousseau

Plaine en forêt de Fontainebleau

Sale Date: May 18, 2006

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Paysage de fôret

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Paysage de fôret

Sale Date: March 20, 2006

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Un paysage boisé

Théodore Rousseau

Un paysage boisé

Sale Date: March 23, 2006

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Lagernde Hirtenkinder auf einer Anhöhe über dem...

Théodore Rousseau

Lagernde Hirtenkinder auf einer Anhöhe über dem...

Sale Date: March 15, 2006

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La plaine de Barbizon, 1842

Théodore Rousseau

La plaine de Barbizon, 1842

Sale Date: March 9, 2006

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La lisière d'un bois

Théodore Rousseau

La lisière d'un bois

Sale Date: May 22, 1997

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Landscape after the rain

Théodore Rousseau

Landscape after the rain

Sale Date: May 22, 1997

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Château de Chambord

Théodore Rousseau

Château de Chambord

Sale Date: May 22, 1997

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Clairière de Forêt, Clair de Lune

Théodore Rousseau

Clairière de Forêt, Clair de Lune

Sale Date: May 22, 1997

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