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.

Théodore Rousseau Artworks

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Coucher de soleil, la rentrée du troupeau, 1863

Théodore Rousseau

Coucher de soleil, la rentrée du troupeau, 1863

Sale Date: May 9, 1995

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Le labour, pays d'Arbois (Jura)

Théodore Rousseau

Le labour, pays d'Arbois (Jura)

Sale Date: April 11, 1995

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Nächtliche Landschaft

Théodore Rousseau

Nächtliche Landschaft

Sale Date: April 8, 1995

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Am Fluß

Attributed to Théodore Rousseau

Sale Date: March 29, 1995

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Sous-bois à Barbizon

School of Théodore Rousseau

Sous-bois à Barbizon

Sale Date: March 18, 1995

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Landscape

Théodore Rousseau

Sale Date: February 22, 1995

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Figures in a wooded landscape

Attributed to Théodore Rousseau

Figures in a wooded landscape

Sale Date: February 14, 1995

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Bornage de forêt à Fontainebleau

Théodore Rousseau

Bornage de forêt à Fontainebleau

Sale Date: December 20, 1994

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Lisière du bois

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Lisière du bois

Sale Date: December 15, 1994

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La Vallé de la Seine, 1831

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La Vallé de la Seine, 1831

Sale Date: November 20, 1994

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Autumnal wooded landscape

Théodore Rousseau

Autumnal wooded landscape

Sale Date: November 18, 1994

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Une clairière

Théodore Rousseau

Une clairière

Sale Date: November 18, 1994

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Woodland path

Théodore Rousseau

Woodland path

Sale Date: November 16, 1994

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A country village

Théodore Rousseau

A country village

Sale Date: November 16, 1994

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VUE DE LA FORET DE FONTAINEBLEAU

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VUE DE LA FORET DE FONTAINEBLEAU

Sale Date: October 12, 1994

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Cottages in a Landscape

Attributed to Théodore Rousseau

Cottages in a Landscape

Sale Date: October 11, 1994

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A landscape

Théodore Rousseau

Sale Date: October 5, 1994

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Am Fluss

Théodore Rousseau

Sale Date: September 28, 1994

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Coucher de soleil sur la campagne

Théodore Rousseau

Coucher de soleil sur la campagne

Sale Date: June 27, 1994

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Vue du pont et du chateau de Blois dans le...

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Vue du pont et du chateau de Blois dans le...

Sale Date: June 17, 1994

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ALLEE DANS LA FORET DE FONTAINEBLEAU

Théodore Rousseau

ALLEE DANS LA FORET DE FONTAINEBLEAU

Sale Date: June 15, 1994

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LE CHEMIN DE PARIS, FORET DE FONTAINEBLEAU

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LE CHEMIN DE PARIS, FORET DE FONTAINEBLEAU

Sale Date: June 15, 1994

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Rochers en lisière de forêt, 1842

Théodore Rousseau

Rochers en lisière de forêt, 1842

Sale Date: June 14, 1994

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Paysage

Théodore Rousseau

Sale Date: June 8, 1994

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