Avondschemering
1840 - 1867
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
63.4; 3.7; 42.3; 102
About this artwork
Gift of the heirs of W.J. van Randwijk, The Hague
Art Historical Context
**AvondschemeringTwilight)** by Théodore Rousseau invites visitors into the serene hush of a fading day. Painted in oil on canvas between 184 and 1867, this intimate landscape measures 42.3 x 63.4 cm, capturing the subtle magic of dusk. Rousseau, a leading figure of the Barbizon School—a group of 19th-century French artists who rejected studio idealization for direct observation of nature—excelled in evoking the atmosphere of the Forest of Fontainebleau, though this work's Dutch title hints at its appeal in the Netherlands. Rousseau's technique shines in his layered application of oil, buildi...
About the Artist
Théodore Rousseau · 1812–1867
Théodore Rousseau (1812–1867) was a French landscape painter and the leading figure of the Barbizon School, the group of artists who settled in the village of Barbizon near the Forest of Fontainebleau to paint directly from nature. Born in Paris, he showed precocious talent and studied under the academic painters Charles Rémond and Guillaume Guillon-Lethière, but quickly rejected classical landsca...