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Wheatfields
1865 · Watercolor, over black chalk
3 11/16 x 6 1/4 in. (9.4 x 15.9 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Théodore Rousseau
1812–1867
Paris, France
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Théodore Rousseau was a French landscape painter and draughtsman who worked directly from nature in the Forest of Fontainebleau, becoming a central figure in the Barbizon school. His paintings and drawings captured atmospheric effects of rural French terrain with particular attention to light, weather, and seasonal change. Working in the 19th century, Rousseau prioritized observed nature over studio convention, establishing a practice that would influence generations of landscape artists.
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