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Description: | Signed: yes Description: Theodore Rousseau, often called the leader of the Barbizon group (noted for their outdoor work en plein air in and around Fontainebleau), was an artist who reached great success posthumously. Continually excluded from the Salon but praised by his contemporaries, he contributed greatly to the development of landscape painting in France. Academically trained, he was a strong believer in linear perspective and this study of a bare landscape reflects this belief and is typical of his work from the early 1830s. Boldly painted oil sketches, usually painted on the spot, had been part of academic training and it is probable that this small work was executed in this way. Rousseau's work from this period also demonstrates an interest for the picturesque, which was the fashion of the time and was well illustrated in travel books. | Subjects: | landscape | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Rousseau, Théodore (French painter, 1812-1867) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8517... | Go to resource |
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