Théodore Rousseau
French, 1812-1867
In the Forest of Fontainbleau
INV-2787
Théodore Rousseau
French, 1812-1867c. 1850
In the Forest of Fontainbleau
Théodore Rousseau French, 1812-1867 →chalkdrawings (visual works)
Date
c. 1850
Medium
Charcoal, with stumping and black pastel, heightened with touches of white chalk, on dark tan wove paper, laid down on tan wood pulp board
Dimensions
28.5 × 42.4 cm (11 1/4 × 16 3/4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Harold Joachim Purchase Fund
The forest at Fontainebleau was a favorite subject of Barbizon artists, who were by its beauty and its proximity to Paris. Rousseau, a premier Barbizon painter, was attacked by critics in the 1830s and 1840s for his humble farm and forest scenes, which they considered to be "vulgar." The two figures in this landscape may be Rousseau himself and the adopted daughter of George Sand; the two were engaged in 1845.
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