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CONDITION:
Clear and sharp with beautiful detail. As scanned.
Blank on the back. Heavier paper. This beautiful print would look great
matted and framed. Or an art supply store can provide you with a selection
of frames for old art treasures.
BIOGRAPHY - Pierre Étienne Théodore
Rousseau (April 15, 1812 - December 22, 1867), French painter of the
Barbizon school, was born in Paris, of a bourgeois family which included
one or two artists. At first he received a business training, but soon
displayed aptitude for painting. Although his father regretted the decision
at first, he became reconciled to his son leaving business, and throughout
the artist's career (for he survived his son) was a sympathizer with
him in all his conflicts with the Paris Salon authorities. Théodore
Rousseau shared the difficulties of the romantic painters of 1830 in
securing for their pictures a place in the annual Paris exhibition.
The whole influence of the classically trained artists was against them,
and not until 1848 was Rousseau adequately presented to the public.
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