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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19th-Century European and British Art, Impressionist and Modern Art

Related Artists

John Constable, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Charles François Daubigny, Thomas Gainsborough, Jean-François Millet

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Paysage animé

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Paysage animé

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Bords de l'Oise

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Bords de l'Oise

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Grand arbre dans un paysage

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Grand arbre dans un paysage

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Les arbres à Saint Cloud

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Les arbres à Saint Cloud

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Arbres dans la plaine, 1842–1842

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Arbres dans la plaine, 1842–1842

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Hügelige Baumlandschaft

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Hügelige Baumlandschaft

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Paysanne dans un sous-bois

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Paysanne dans un sous-bois

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Bords de l'Oise, 1855–1858

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Bords de l'Oise, 1855–1858

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Une chaumière dans le Berry, 1860–1860

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Une chaumière dans le Berry, 1860–1860

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Femme et enfant au bord d'un lac

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Femme et enfant au bord d'un lac

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Coucher de soleil au Cuvier-Châtillon, 1854–1854

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Coucher de soleil au Cuvier-Châtillon, 1854–1854

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Arbre au cours d'eau

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Arbre au cours d'eau

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Paysage

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Paysage

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Le petit ruisseau en forêt, 1828–1829

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Le petit ruisseau en forêt, 1828–1829

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Paysage fluvial

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Paysage fluvial

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A view of cottages

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A view of cottages

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Paysage rocheux

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Paysage rocheux

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Landschaftstudie

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Landschaftstudie

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Coucher de soleil

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Coucher de soleil

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Paysage de rivière

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Paysage de rivière

Sale Date: June 27, 2002

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L'Escalier François 1er au Château de Blois

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L'Escalier François 1er au Château de Blois

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Mare au crépuscule, 1848–1850

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Mare au crépuscule, 1848–1850

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Le dormoir de Lantera, forêt de..., 1840–1850

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Le dormoir de Lantera, forêt de..., 1840–1850

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Landscape with classical structure

Théodore Rousseau

Landscape with classical structure

Sale Date: June 19, 2002

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