Theodore Rousseau ART FOR SALE

1812 Paris, France - 1867 Barbizon, France. Known for: Tree landscape painting-primitive style.

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The following was written and submitted by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher from Laguna Woods, California:. Pierre Etienne Theodore Rousseau was born in Paris, France in 1812. He first studied under Saint Martin, Remond and Guillon-Lethiere. The work he exhibited at the Salon in 1834-35 and 1838, showed a surprising deviation from the tastes of the time. The following year his painting was rejected by the Salon because of its lack of Classical interest, and he took himself off to the village of Barbizon in the Fontainebleau Forest, where he worked on the Romantic landscapes which have made him famous. Rousseau's official success came after the Revolution of 1848. In 1849 his pictures were once more shown in the Salon, and with... Read full biography

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Mare en forêt de Fountainebleau - Image 1 of 3

Mare en forêt de Fountainebleau

Type:Painting

Year:1845

Size:10.50" x 16.25"

Medium:Oil

Signed:Signed

Notes:

This painting will be included in the forthcoming supplement to the catalogue raisonne by Michel Schulman. Provenance: Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Private West Coast Collection Framed: 18 1/2 x 23 1/2 inches (47 x 59.7 cm)

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