From about 1827 onwards Théodore Rousseau painted in the Forest of Fontainebleau. This made him one of the first artists to work in the vicinity of Barbizon. Rousseau was a classically trained artist and this approach to painting is also reflected in his work. The preparatory work for his paintings was based on sketches, both drawings and paintings, of nature. He then reproduced the drawing in pen on the canvas or, as in this case, on paper. He then gradually painted in the drawing. We can see Rousseau’s dynamic method of work in this study of a quarry in which both the drawn and the painted sections of the painting are still visible.
| Artist |
Théodore Rousseau
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| Title | A Quarry |
| Date | ca. 1827 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Location | France TGN |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | monogram bottom left: TH. R |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1934-B |
| Acquisition credit |
gift
Hulin de Loo, Georges Charles Nicolas Marie 1934 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1934-B |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/1358/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
25D312
shafts and galleries (of a mine)
Iconclass
25D34 quarry Iconclass 25G11 groups of trees Iconclass 25G3 trees Iconclass 25G31 shrubs Iconclass 25H1 landscapes in the temperate zone Iconclass 25H112 rocks Iconclass 25H114 low hill country Iconclass 25H12 dale, valley Iconclass 25H153 bush, shrubs ~ forest Iconclass 300015636 landscapes AAT 41A18 hut, cabin, lodge Iconclass 48C524(+0) drawing, sketch (+ variant) Iconclass 61D(BARBIZON) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (BARBIZON) Iconclass 61D(FRANCE) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (FRANCE) Iconclass 61E(FONTAINEBLEAU) names of cities and villages (FONTAINEBLEAU) Iconclass |
| School / Style |
Barbizon School
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realism (artistic form of expression) AAT |
| 'Théodore Rousseau cent ans après sa mort, il reste le grand refusé', in : / Germain Bazin. - Paris : [s.n.] : [s.a.] (p. 98) |
| De school van Barbizon : Franse meesters van de 19de eeuw (tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, 14.09 - 28.11.1985 ; Den Haag, Gemeentemuseum 14.12.1985 - 23.02.1986 ; Parijs, Insitut Néerlandais, 1986) / John Sillevis, Hans Kraan, Robert Hoozee, Jacques Foucart. - Brussel : Gemeentekrediet, 1985 (p. 180-188) |
| De vrienden van Scribe : De Europese smaak van een Gents mecenas (tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, 12 december 1998 - 14 maart 1999) / Monique Tahon-Vanroose, Robert Hoozee. - Gent : Snoeck-Ducaju & Zoon, 1998 ; Antwerpen : Pandora, 1998 (p. 205 (ill.)) |
| Théodore Rousseau 1812-1867 : Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint / Michel Schulman, Marie Bataillès. - Paris : Les Éditions de l'Amateur, 1999 |
| 200 jaar verzamelen : Collectieboek Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent / Arnout Balis, Robert Hoozee, Maximiliaan P.J. Martens, Paul Van Haute. - Gent : Ludion, 2000 (p. 123-126) |
| Het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : een keuze uit de mooiste werken / Patrick De Rynck. - Gent : Ludion, 2007 (p. 62 (ill.)) |
| Antwerpen - Brugge - Gent : De musea en hun kunstschatten van Van Eyck tot Magritte ; ontdek het rijke erfgoed in drie Vlaamse steden ; de Vlaamse Kunstcollectie / Geert Souvereyns, Till-Holger Borchert, Paul Vandenbroeck. - Dijon : Éditions Faton, 2007 (p. 64-65 (ill.)) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Catalogus schilderkunst ; Deel I: 14de - 18de eeuw ; Deel II: 19de - 20ste eeuw / Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Bruno Fornari, Ruth Monteyne. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2007 (dl. II, p. 279 (ill.)) |
| onder vrienden : 225 jaar verzamelaars rond het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent (tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 25.11.2023 - 28.04.2024) / Johan De Smet, Frederica Van Dam, Willy Van der Gucht, Manfred Sellink. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2023 ; Gent : De Vrienden van het Museum, 2023 (p. 73, cat. 83 (ill.)) |
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