The odore Rousseau (1812-1867), arguably the most important French landscape artist of the mid-nineteenth century and a leader of the so-called Barbizon School, occupies a crucial moment of transition from the idealizing effects of academic painting to the radically modern vision of the Impressionists. He was an experimental artist who rejected the traditional historical, biblical, or literary subject matter in favor of "unruly nature," a Romantic naturalism that confounded his contemporaries with its "bizarre" compositional and coloristic innovations. Lavishly illustrated and thoroughly documented, this volume includes five essays by experts in the field. Scott Allan and Edouard Kopp alternately examine Rousseau's diverse techniques and working procedures as a painter and as a draftsman, as well as his art's mixed economic and critical fortunes on the art market and at the Salon. Line Clausen Pedersen's essay focuses on Mont Blanc Seen from La Faucille, Storm Effect, an early touchstone for the artist and a spectacular example of the Romantic sublime in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek's collection. This catalogue accompanies an eponymous exhibition on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum from June 21 to September 11, 2016, and at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek from October 13, 2016, to January 8, 2017.

About the Author
Scott Allan is associate curator of paintings at the J. Paul Getty Museum. douard Kopp is associate curator of drawings at the Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA. Line Clausen Pedersen is curator of modern art at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen.

Reviews
"Lavishly illustrated... highly recommended."--Choice "[This] excellent catalogue ... guide[s] us a considerable way down the path to enlightenment."--Burlington Magazine



Book Information
ISBN 9781606064771
Author Scott Allan
Format Hardback
Page Count 224
Imprint Getty Publications
Publisher Getty Trust Publications
Weight(grams) 1502g
Dimensions(mm) 285mm * 249mm * 23mm