Théodore Rousseau
Also known as: Rousseau painter, Rousseau Painter
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Théodore Rousseau (1812–1867), landscape painter, leading figure of the Barbizon school (en.wikipedia «Théodore Rousseau»). Marie names him with Corot, Troyon and Millet, the painters of the generation before hers. Not the writer Jean-Jacques Rousseau (JEAN_JACQUES_ROUSSEAU).
References in Diary
- 086.0262 (13 September 1879): in a collector's flat, «des Rousseau, des Corot, des Troyon, Delacroix et même Raphaël».
- 100.0161 (15 June 1883): among the masters of an exhibition, «Decamps, Delacroix, Fortuny, Rembrandt, Rousseau, Millet, Meissonnier, le seul vivant».
- 103.0046 (16 January 1884): «est-ce que le public a aimé Millet, Rousseau, Corot ! Il les a aimés quand ils furent à la mode».
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