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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Sunset over the Plain of Barbizon

Théodore Rousseau

Sunset over the Plain of Barbizon

Sale Date: May 22, 1997

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Landscape study, Fontainebleau, 1860

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Landscape study, Fontainebleau, 1860

Sale Date: May 22, 1997

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Bateaux sur la plage, 1831

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Bateaux sur la plage, 1831

Sale Date: May 22, 1997

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Paysage fluviale

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Paysage fluviale

Sale Date: May 22, 1997

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Sea shore

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Sale Date: January 27, 2006

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Le corbeau et le renard

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Le corbeau et le renard

Sale Date: December 19, 2005

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Paysage boisé avec une rivière, des maisons au...

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Paysage boisé avec une rivière, des maisons au...

Sale Date: December 16, 2005

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Paysage aux chênes

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Paysage aux chênes

Sale Date: December 4, 2005

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Mare à Barbizon

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Mare à Barbizon

Sale Date: December 4, 2005

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Chemin bordé d'arbres

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Chemin bordé d'arbres

Sale Date: December 4, 2005

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Les grands chênes

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Les grands chênes

Sale Date: December 4, 2005

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A marshy river landscape

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A marshy river landscape

Sale Date: December 8, 2005

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Route dans un paysage

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Route dans un paysage

Sale Date: November 18, 2005

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Paysage (+ another; 2 works mounted together)

Théodore Rousseau

Paysage (+ another; 2 works mounted together)

Sale Date: November 18, 2005

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Paysage, orée du bois

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Paysage, orée du bois

Sale Date: November 18, 2005

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Chemin bordé d'arbres

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Chemin bordé d'arbres

Sale Date: October 21, 2005

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Tending the flock

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Tending the flock

Sale Date: October 25, 2005

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Sunset

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Sale Date: August 5, 2005

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Tidal shore

Théodore Rousseau

Sale Date: August 5, 2005

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Evening landscape

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Evening landscape

Sale Date: July 13, 2005

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Effet de nuages à contre-jour

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Effet de nuages à contre-jour

Sale Date: July 1, 2005

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Deux personnages en barque dans un paysage

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Deux personnages en barque dans un paysage

Sale Date: June 10, 2005

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Paysage, 1860

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Paysage, 1860

Sale Date: June 21, 2005

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Le marais dans le Poitou

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Le marais dans le Poitou

Sale Date: June 22, 2005

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