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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Plaine au Crépuscule, 1847

Théodore Rousseau

Plaine au Crépuscule, 1847

Sale Date: January 27, 2022

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Rochers en foret de Fountainbleau, 1845–1850

Théodore Rousseau

Rochers en foret de Fountainbleau, 1845–1850

Sale Date: January 27, 2022

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Vue de sous-bois

Théodore Rousseau

Vue de sous-bois

Sale Date: December 14, 2021

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Am Waldrand bei Fontainebleau, 1850

Théodore Rousseau

Am Waldrand bei Fontainebleau, 1850

Sale Date: December 3, 2021

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Woman at Well Outside Thatched Cottage

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Woman at Well Outside Thatched Cottage

Sale Date: November 13, 2021

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Bord de rivière

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Bord de rivière

Sale Date: November 19, 2021

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Paysage aux oiseaux

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Paysage aux oiseaux

Sale Date: November 24, 2021

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A pond in the middle of a clearing | Une mare au

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A pond in the middle of a clearing | Une mare au

Sale Date: November 18, 2021

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Paysage

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Sale Date: November 14, 2021

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Paysage

Théodore Rousseau

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Paysan et ses vaches dans un paysage

Théodore Rousseau

Paysan et ses vaches dans un paysage

Sale Date: November 9, 2021

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Paysage de sous-bois

Théodore Rousseau

Paysage de sous-bois

Sale Date: November 9, 2021

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Coucher de soleil dans les landes

Théodore Rousseau

Coucher de soleil dans les landes

Sale Date: October 15, 2021

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French Barbizon Landscape painting with sheep

Attributed to Théodore Rousseau

French Barbizon Landscape painting with sheep

Sale Date: August 1, 2021

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皮耶尔-艾蒂安-西奥多•鲁索教堂风景PIERRE-ETIENNE-THÉODORE..., 1855

Théodore Rousseau

皮耶尔-艾蒂安-西奥多•鲁索教堂风景PIERRE-ETIENNE-THÉODORE..., 1855

Sale Date: July 23, 2021

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The Fontainebleau Forest

Attributed to Théodore Rousseau

The Fontainebleau Forest

Sale Date: July 31, 2021

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Vallée et montagnes d'Auvergne, 1830

Théodore Rousseau

Vallée et montagnes d'Auvergne, 1830

Sale Date: July 15, 2021

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Vue de sous-bois

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Vue de sous-bois

Sale Date: June 25, 2021

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Etude d'arbre Oeuvre de jeunesse, 1829–1832

Théodore Rousseau

Etude d'arbre Oeuvre de jeunesse, 1829–1832

Sale Date: June 29, 2021

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Chem de traverse dans les Roches de Meun en..., 1860

Théodore Rousseau

Chem de traverse dans les Roches de Meun en..., 1860

Sale Date: June 29, 2021

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Arbres en forêt de Fontaebleau, 1860

Théodore Rousseau

Arbres en forêt de Fontaebleau, 1860

Sale Date: June 29, 2021

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Paysage aux oiseaux

Théodore Rousseau

Paysage aux oiseaux

Sale Date: June 21, 2021

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林中茅屋

Théodore Rousseau

Sale Date: June 7, 2021

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Étude d’arbre

Théodore Rousseau

Étude d’arbre

Sale Date: June 11, 2021

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