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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Mare en Forêt de Fontainebleau

Théodore Rousseau

Mare en Forêt de Fontainebleau

Sale Date: September 11, 2018

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Vue présumée du puy de Sancy

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Vue présumée du puy de Sancy

Sale Date: July 12, 2018

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Paysage d'Auvergne (?)

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Paysage d'Auvergne (?)

Sale Date: July 12, 2018

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Château de Pierrefonds

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Château de Pierrefonds

Sale Date: June 20, 2018

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Soleil couchant sur les sables de...

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Soleil couchant sur les sables de...

Sale Date: June 5, 2018

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Etude d'arbres

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Etude d'arbres

Sale Date: June 6, 2018

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Saules au bord d'une rivière, 1800–1899

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Saules au bord d'une rivière, 1800–1899

Sale Date: June 20, 2018

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LA PLAINE DE CHAILLY ET LES PREMIÈRES MAISONS DE

Théodore Rousseau

LA PLAINE DE CHAILLY ET LES PREMIÈRES MAISONS DE

Sale Date: May 22, 2018

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Arbres en forêt de Fontainebleau

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Arbres en forêt de Fontainebleau

Sale Date: April 8, 2018

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Arbre dans un paysage d'Auvergne

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Arbre dans un paysage d'Auvergne

Sale Date: April 8, 2018

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Paysage d'Auvergne

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Paysage d'Auvergne

Sale Date: April 8, 2018

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Mare en forêt de Fontainebleau, 1860

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Mare en forêt de Fontainebleau, 1860

Sale Date: March 23, 2018

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

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

Sale Date: March 21, 2018

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Paysage arboré

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Paysage arboré

Sale Date: March 21, 2018

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Moulin au bord d'un rivage

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Moulin au bord d'un rivage

Sale Date: March 21, 2018

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barbizon landscape at sunset

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barbizon landscape at sunset

Sale Date: January 21, 2018

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暴风雨天空下的水塘

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暴风雨天空下的水塘

Sale Date: December 29, 2017

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Paysage d'Auvergne, 1830

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Paysage d'Auvergne, 1830

Sale Date: December 14, 2017

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Berlin landscape

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Berlin landscape

Sale Date: December 8, 2017

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VACHES À LA MARE DANS LE BERRY

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VACHES À LA MARE DANS LE BERRY

Sale Date: November 21, 2017

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Sous-bois

Attributed to Théodore Rousseau

Sale Date: November 11, 2017

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Coucher de Soliel

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Coucher de Soliel

Sale Date: November 18, 2017

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Clairière

Théodore Rousseau

Sale Date: November 10, 2017

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Sentier dans la clairière parmi les..., 1855–1860

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Sentier dans la clairière parmi les..., 1855–1860

Sale Date: October 31, 2017

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