A Meadow Bordered by Trees
Rousseau undertook frequent sketching expeditions in the French provinces. In 1844, along with fellow landscapist Jules Dupré (1811–1889), he visited the Landes region in the southwest, where he made works distinctive for their penetrating observation and careful execution. This canvas could have been painted later in the 1840s or in the 1850s. In the latter decade Rousseau excelled at arranging distant planes in parallel strips, a compositional device that he called "planimetric."
Artwork Details
- Title: A Meadow Bordered by Trees
- Artist: Théodore Rousseau (French, Paris 1812–1867 Barbizon)
- Date: ca. 1845–60
- Medium: Oil on wood
- Dimensions: 16 3/8 x 24 3/8 in. (41.6 x 61.9 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Bequest of Robert Graham Dun, 1900
- Object Number: 11.45.5
- Curatorial Department: European Paintings
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