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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Village au clocher

Théodore Rousseau

Village au clocher

Sale Date: November 27, 2022

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Paysage au lac de montagne

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Paysage au lac de montagne

Sale Date: November 24, 2022

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Landscape with Cottages by a Stream

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Landscape with Cottages by a Stream

Sale Date: November 19, 2022

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Landscape with Sunset

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Landscape with Sunset

Sale Date: October 20, 2022

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Plage près du Mont-Saint-Michel

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Plage près du Mont-Saint-Michel

Sale Date: September 27, 2022

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Paysage

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Sale Date: September 27, 2022

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River through a hilly landscape

Théodore Rousseau

River through a hilly landscape

Sale Date: September 20, 2022

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Barbizon landscape.

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Barbizon landscape.

Sale Date: July 26, 2022

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Paysage des Landes

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Paysage des Landes

Sale Date: July 19, 2022

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A landscape with travellers at camp

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A landscape with travellers at camp

Sale Date: July 19, 2022

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Paysage arboré à l'entrée d'un village

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Paysage arboré à l'entrée d'un village

Sale Date: June 23, 2022

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HUNTER IN WOODED LANDSCAPE

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HUNTER IN WOODED LANDSCAPE

Sale Date: June 17, 2022

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Paysage dans la forêt de Fontainebleau

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Paysage dans la forêt de Fontainebleau

Sale Date: June 24, 2022

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Promeneurs près d'une chaumière, 1833–1835

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Promeneurs près d'une chaumière, 1833–1835

Sale Date: June 19, 2022

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Paysage d’Auvergne, 1830

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Paysage d’Auvergne, 1830

Sale Date: June 19, 2022

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Chemin au coucher de soleil

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Chemin au coucher de soleil

Sale Date: June 19, 2022

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Fall Landscape

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Fall Landscape

Sale Date: May 19, 2022

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Chemin en sous-bois

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Chemin en sous-bois

Sale Date: May 20, 2022

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Chasseurs en lisière de forêt

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Chasseurs en lisière de forêt

Sale Date: April 23, 2022

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La place de la Concorde et le Cours-la-Reine,...

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La place de la Concorde et le Cours-la-Reine,...

Sale Date: April 21, 2022

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La gardienne de vaches près de la maison de...

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La gardienne de vaches près de la maison de...

Sale Date: March 20, 2022

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Paysage aux grands arbres

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Paysage aux grands arbres

Sale Date: March 30, 2022

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Paysage boisé, 1860–1865

Théodore Rousseau

Paysage boisé, 1860–1865

Sale Date: November 18, 2021

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Etude de grands arbres au bord d'une clairière

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Etude de grands arbres au bord d'une clairière

Sale Date: February 22, 2022

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