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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Paysage au pont

Théodore Rousseau

Paysage au pont

Sale Date: June 8, 1994

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CHAUMIERE EN JURA

Théodore Rousseau

CHAUMIERE EN JURA

Sale Date: May 26, 1994

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TWO SHEPHERDESSES AND A COW WATERING AT A POOL...

Théodore Rousseau

TWO SHEPHERDESSES AND A COW WATERING AT A POOL...

Sale Date: May 25, 1994

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Herbstliche Flusslandschaft

Circle of Théodore Rousseau

Herbstliche Flusslandschaft

Sale Date: May 7, 1994

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Rochers

Théodore Rousseau

Sale Date: April 6, 1994

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Paysage, environs de Fontainebleau

Théodore Rousseau

Paysage, environs de Fontainebleau

Sale Date: March 22, 1994

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Summer

School of Théodore Rousseau

Sale Date: February 17, 1994

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Landscape

Théodore Rousseau

Sale Date: January 26, 1994

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A PATH IN A HILLY LANDSCAPE NEAR FONTAINEBLEAU

Théodore Rousseau

A PATH IN A HILLY LANDSCAPE NEAR FONTAINEBLEAU

Sale Date: January 11, 1994

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Chênes de Roche, 1861

Théodore Rousseau

Chênes de Roche, 1861

Sale Date: December 20, 1993

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PAYSAGE [&] SOUS-BOIS [MED: SOUS MEME ENCADREMENT]

Théodore Rousseau

PAYSAGE [&] SOUS-BOIS [MED: SOUS MEME ENCADREMENT]

Sale Date: December 17, 1993

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PAYSAGE DU JURA

Théodore Rousseau

PAYSAGE DU JURA

Sale Date: December 17, 1993

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LA RAMASSEUSE DE FAGOTS

Théodore Rousseau

LA RAMASSEUSE DE FAGOTS

Sale Date: December 16, 1993

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PAYSAGE EN FORET DE FONTAINEBLEAU (APREMONT, LE...

Théodore Rousseau

PAYSAGE EN FORET DE FONTAINEBLEAU (APREMONT, LE...

Sale Date: December 16, 1993

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CHAUMIERE EN AUVERGNE

Théodore Rousseau

CHAUMIERE EN AUVERGNE

Sale Date: December 17, 1993

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Paysage boisé

Théodore Rousseau

Paysage boisé

Sale Date: December 10, 1993

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Salem Mahomed, Algerian, 1860

Théodore Rousseau

Salem Mahomed, Algerian, 1860

Sale Date: December 7, 1993

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Wooded landscape

Théodore Rousseau

Wooded landscape

Sale Date: November 19, 1993

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FIGURES IN A RUSTIC BARN, 1866

Théodore Rousseau

FIGURES IN A RUSTIC BARN, 1866

Sale Date: November 9, 1993

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WATERING COWS WITH DISTANT MOUNTAINS

Attributed to Théodore Rousseau

WATERING COWS WITH DISTANT MOUNTAINS

Sale Date: October 23, 1993

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CLAIR DE LUNE DANS LA FORET DE FONTAINEBLEAU, 1864

Théodore Rousseau

CLAIR DE LUNE DANS LA FORET DE FONTAINEBLEAU, 1864

Sale Date: October 13, 1993

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LE CARREFOUR DE LA REINE BLANCHE EN FORET DE , 1855

Théodore Rousseau

LE CARREFOUR DE LA REINE BLANCHE EN FORET DE , 1855

Sale Date: October 13, 1993

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VALLEE D'AUVERGNE, 1830

Théodore Rousseau

VALLEE D'AUVERGNE, 1830

Sale Date: October 13, 1993

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Landscape

Attributed to Théodore Rousseau

Sale Date: October 10, 1993

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