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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19th-Century European and British Art, Impressionist and Modern Art

Related Artists

John Constable, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Charles François Daubigny, Thomas Gainsborough, Jean-François Millet

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Paysage avec habitations

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Paysage avec habitations

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Chemin en sous-bois

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Chemin en sous-bois

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CHAUMIÈRES PRÈS DE L'ÉTANG

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CHAUMIÈRES PRÈS DE L'ÉTANG

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Paysage au Crepuscle avec Moulin a Vent

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Paysage au Crepuscle avec Moulin a Vent

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Sommerliche Landschaft mit Feldweg an einem...

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Sommerliche Landschaft mit Feldweg an einem...

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LANDSCHAFT BEI BARBIZON

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LANDSCHAFT BEI BARBIZON

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Arbres et rochers, 1840

Théodore Rousseau

Arbres et rochers, 1840

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Etang dans la forêt - La mare aux Evées

Théodore Rousseau

Etang dans la forêt - La mare aux Evées

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Le cerisier de la plante

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Le cerisier de la plante

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La plaine de la plante à Biau

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La plaine de la plante à Biau

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View of Lake Geneva from Pass de la Faucille

Théodore Rousseau

View of Lake Geneva from Pass de la Faucille

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Landschaft bei Barbizon bei aufziehendem Gewitter

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Landschaft bei Barbizon bei aufziehendem Gewitter

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Vue d'une carrière devant un village

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Vue d'une carrière devant un village

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Vue de village

Théodore Rousseau

Vue de village

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Le casque de Neron à Grenoble

Théodore Rousseau

Le casque de Neron à Grenoble

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Le chemin des buissons près Serigny

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Le chemin des buissons près Serigny

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Paysage

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Paysage

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Landscape with Cows

Théodore Rousseau

Landscape with Cows

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Paysage au Crepuscle avec Moulin a Vent

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Paysage au Crepuscle avec Moulin a Vent

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Etude de paysage à la ferme

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Etude de paysage à la ferme

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Les Gorges d'Apremont en forêt de..., 1860

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Les Gorges d'Apremont en forêt de..., 1860

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Sous-bois à Fontainebleau

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Sous-bois à Fontainebleau

Sale Date: September 27, 2019

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Barbizon Landscape

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Barbizon Landscape

Sale Date: September 15, 2019

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French Landscape with Man Paddling a Boat

Théodore Rousseau

French Landscape with Man Paddling a Boat

Sale Date: August 24, 2019

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