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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Arbres au bord de l'eau

Théodore Rousseau

Arbres au bord de l'eau

Sale Date: June 18, 2002

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Le plateau de Bellecroix

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Le plateau de Bellecroix

Sale Date: May 24, 2002

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Landscape with classical structure

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Landscape with classical structure

Sale Date: May 15, 2002

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Avondschemering

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Avondschemering

Sale Date: May 11, 2002

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Gebirgstal mit Bäumen und winzigem See

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Gebirgstal mit Bäumen und winzigem See

Sale Date: May 1, 2002

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Coucher de soleil

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Coucher de soleil

Sale Date: April 24, 2002

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La mare aux fées, forêt de Fontainebleau, 1848–1848

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La mare aux fées, forêt de Fontainebleau, 1848–1848

Sale Date: April 24, 2002

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Matin de printemps à Bas-Bréau, 1850–1850

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Matin de printemps à Bas-Bréau, 1850–1850

Sale Date: April 23, 2002

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Chênes de roche, 1861–1861

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Chênes de roche, 1861–1861

Sale Date: April 19, 2002

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Paysage aux rochers, Fountainebleau

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Paysage aux rochers, Fountainebleau

Sale Date: April 9, 2002

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Paysage rocheux

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Paysage rocheux

Sale Date: April 9, 2002

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Wiesenhang

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Sale Date: March 20, 2002

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L'Allée de châtaigniers

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L'Allée de châtaigniers

Sale Date: January 23, 2002

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Mare dans la forêt de Fontainbleau

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Mare dans la forêt de Fontainbleau

Sale Date: December 21, 2001

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Le plateau de Bellecroix, 1850–1850

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Le plateau de Bellecroix, 1850–1850

Sale Date: December 15, 2001

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Landscape

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Sale Date: November 28, 2001

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A landscape at dusk

Théodore Rousseau

A landscape at dusk

Sale Date: November 14, 2001

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Chênes de roche, 1861–1861

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Chênes de roche, 1861–1861

Sale Date: November 5, 2001

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Coucher de soleil

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Coucher de soleil

Sale Date: November 2, 2001

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Coucher de soleil

Théodore Rousseau

Coucher de soleil

Sale Date: November 2, 2001

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Le pêcheur de truites dans le cantal, 1846–1846

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Le pêcheur de truites dans le cantal, 1846–1846

Sale Date: November 2, 2001

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Porteuse de fagots, 1836–1840

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Porteuse de fagots, 1836–1840

Sale Date: November 1, 2001

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The bridge

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Sale Date: October 25, 2001

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Tranquil sunset

Théodore Rousseau

Tranquil sunset

Sale Date: October 25, 2001

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