Theodore Rousseau (04/15/1812 – 22/12/1867), French painter and graphic artist, a leading artist Barbizon school. As an artist, was formed largely on their own. Experienced it influence J. van Ruisdael, John Constable, Jean Michel. Already in his early works ("Type in the vicinity of Granville, 1833, the Hermitage, Leningrad) and especially in the mature pore executed in Barbizon (where he lived T. Rousseau, Ser. 1830.), And during his frequent trips to France Rousseau sought to become, in his words, "an artist of his country, revealing a profoundly democratic manner especially national landscapes (mostly rural and wild). The works of Rousseau is usually marked by a harmonic balance with composite solutions (due to the manner of the master lock Wed plan, emphasizing the center of the composition). Using a low-key tonal range and in order to convincing embodiment of tangible objects, it is subtly conveyed the different states of nature, light and air environment and significantly contributed to the development of the principles of painting plein air ("The market in Normandy, ca. 1832, The Hermitage," Alley chestnut ", 1837 "Swamp in the Landes, 1852," Oaks ", 1852, all – in the Louvre, Paris; Type in Barbizon, Museum of Fine Arts. Pushkin, Moscow). Also known as a draftsman and etcher. Lit.: Yavorskaya NV, Landscape Barbizon School, Moscow, 1962, pp. 91 – 130.
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