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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Vue de sous-bois

Théodore Rousseau

Vue de sous-bois

Sale Date: April 26, 2024

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Les bruyères, près de la mare en forêt de Barbizon

Théodore Rousseau

Les bruyères, près de la mare en forêt de Barbizon

Sale Date: April 12, 2024

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Paysage de sous-bois

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Paysage de sous-bois

Sale Date: March 21, 2024

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Le Cerisier de la Plante-à-Biau, 1862

Théodore Rousseau

Le Cerisier de la Plante-à-Biau, 1862

Sale Date: March 22, 2024

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Chaumière

Attributed to Théodore Rousseau

Sale Date: February 6, 2024

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A Sunlit Valley (Vallée encaissée)

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A Sunlit Valley (Vallée encaissée)

Sale Date: February 2, 2024

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Fontainebleau: on the edge of the forest with a...

Théodore Rousseau

Fontainebleau: on the edge of the forest with a...

Sale Date: February 2, 2024

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Fagotière à la mare et la clairière

Attributed to Théodore Rousseau

Fagotière à la mare et la clairière

Sale Date: January 25, 2024

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L'étang, coucher de soleil, 1848

Théodore Rousseau

L'étang, coucher de soleil, 1848

Sale Date: December 14, 2023

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Étang au crépuscule

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Étang au crépuscule

Sale Date: December 14, 2023

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Landscape at Dusk

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Landscape at Dusk

Sale Date: December 7, 2023

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Vue de sous-bois

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Vue de sous-bois

Sale Date: November 28, 2023

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Vallée du Gresivaudant (Isère), au loin la ville

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Vallée du Gresivaudant (Isère), au loin la ville

Sale Date: November 26, 2023

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Vue prise dans les Landes, 1840

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Vue prise dans les Landes, 1840

Sale Date: November 26, 2023

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Les Gorges d’Apremont

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Les Gorges d’Apremont

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Grand chêne au bord du chemin

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Grand chêne au bord du chemin

Sale Date: November 21, 2023

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Rock face with drawing artist

Théodore Rousseau

Rock face with drawing artist

Sale Date: November 30, 2023

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Coucher de Soleil dans les Landes

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Coucher de Soleil dans les Landes

Sale Date: November 15, 2023

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Moorland

Théodore Rousseau

Sale Date: November 23, 2023

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Im Wald von Fontainebleau

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Im Wald von Fontainebleau

Sale Date: December 2, 2023

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Sous-bois

Théodore Rousseau

Sale Date: November 22, 2023

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Village d'Auvergne (Thiers?), 1830

Théodore Rousseau

Village d'Auvergne (Thiers?), 1830

Sale Date: October 20, 2023

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Landscape

Théodore Rousseau

Sale Date: September 26, 2023

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Forest landscape of Fontainebleau

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Forest landscape of Fontainebleau

Sale Date: September 22, 2023

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