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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Entrée du village de Becquigny

Théodore Rousseau

Entrée du village de Becquigny

Sale Date: June 22, 2005

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Paysage en montagne avec arc en ciel

Attributed to Théodore Rousseau

Paysage en montagne avec arc en ciel

Sale Date: June 22, 2005

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Landschaft bei Barbizon

Théodore Rousseau

Landschaft bei Barbizon

Sale Date: March 16, 2005

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Le grand chêne, 1851

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Le grand chêne, 1851

Sale Date: April 29, 2005

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Chênes de roche, 1861

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Chênes de roche, 1861

Sale Date: April 14, 2005

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Grazing at the water's edge

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Grazing at the water's edge

Sale Date: April 20, 2005

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Soleil couchant dans la plaine de Barbizon, 1862

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Soleil couchant dans la plaine de Barbizon, 1862

Sale Date: April 19, 2005

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Paysage montagneux

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Paysage montagneux

Sale Date: April 8, 2005

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Lichtung mit Weg in einem felsigen Waldstück bei

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Lichtung mit Weg in einem felsigen Waldstück bei

Sale Date: April 22, 2005

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Étude de rochers

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Étude de rochers

Sale Date: March 19, 2005

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La mare (+ Paysage aux arbres; 2 works)

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La mare (+ Paysage aux arbres; 2 works)

Sale Date: March 19, 2005

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Chaumière en sous-bois vers la lande au genêts

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Chaumière en sous-bois vers la lande au genêts

Sale Date: March 19, 2005

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Chemin dans un paysage

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Chemin dans un paysage

Sale Date: March 18, 2005

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Rue de Chaville

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Rue de Chaville

Sale Date: March 18, 2005

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La Seine au Bas-Meudon

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La Seine au Bas-Meudon

Sale Date: March 17, 2005

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The hunter

In the manner of Théodore Rousseau

Sale Date: February 19, 2005

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Paysage

Théodore Rousseau

Sale Date: February 11, 2005

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Effet de nuages à contre-jour

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Effet de nuages à contre-jour

Sale Date: November 30, 2004

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A cliff overlooking a small village along a...

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A cliff overlooking a small village along a...

Sale Date: January 25, 2005

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Un paysage forestier avec des rochers, 1832

Attributed to Théodore Rousseau

Un paysage forestier avec des rochers, 1832

Sale Date: December 15, 2004

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Etude d'arbre dans un paysage

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Etude d'arbre dans un paysage

Sale Date: December 10, 2004

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Un paysage avec un berger et son troupeau

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Un paysage avec un berger et son troupeau

Sale Date: December 10, 2004

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Promeneuse en forêt de Fontainebleau

Théodore Rousseau

Promeneuse en forêt de Fontainebleau

Sale Date: December 10, 2004

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Le pêcheur de truites

Théodore Rousseau

Le pêcheur de truites

Sale Date: December 10, 2004

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