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A Tree in the Fontainebleau Forest

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Description: A Tree in the Fontainebleau Forest
TitleA Tree in the Fontainebleau Forest
Creator nameRousseau, Théodore
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1840–1850
Creation date (description)1840s
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationVictoria & Albert Museum, London
https:/­/­collections.vam.ac.uk/­item/­O17332/­a-tree-in-fontainebleau-forest-oil-painting-rousseau-pierre-etienne/­
Accession numberCAI.54
SubjectsBarbizon schoolFontainebleau, Forest of (France)Landscape painting, French--19th centuryForest reservesEcology in art
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1. A New Perspective: Rousseau’s System
Greg M. Thomas
Description: Art and Ecology in Nineteenth-Century France: The Landscapes of Théodore...
Art and Ecology in Nineteenth-Century France: The Landscapes of Théodore Rousseau
The Avenue of Chestnuts (fig. 1) constructs a viewer gazing down a broad alley covered by a dense canopy of old, heavy tree limbs. Sunlight, coming in low from the left, pierces the two rows of stout trunks...
Author
Greg M. Thomas
PublisherPrinceton University Press
Copyright© 2000 Princeton University Press
Related print edition pages: pp.13-75
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00348.2
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-23405&redirecttoanchor=91967
Chapter subject tags:Ecology in artLandscape painting, French--19th centuryBarbizon schoolFontainebleau, Forest of (France)Rousseau, Théodore, 1812-1867
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6. Justice: Black Landscapes and Early Environmental Justice
Alan C. Braddock
Description: Implication: An Ecocritical Dictionary for Art History
Implication: An Ecocritical Dictionary for Art History
In September 1982, residents of Warren County, North Carolina, protested the state government’s decision to allow the disposal of soil contaminated with toxic PCBs...
Author
Alan C. Braddock
PublisherYale University Press
Copyright© Yale University Press
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00341.7
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-23304&redirecttoanchor=91967
Chapter subject tags:EcocriticismEnvironmental justiceAfrican American artistsBannister, Edward Mitchell, 1828-1901Ecology in artLandscape painting, American--19th century

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Description: On the Beach, detail
On the Beach, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 23
Creator nameRousseau, Théodore
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1830
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on paper
On the Beach, detail
On the Beach, detail
Description: Trees, Ile de Croissy (ébauche)
Trees, Ile de Croissy (ébauche)
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 23
Creator nameRousseau, Théodore
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1847
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions94 × 147 cm
LocationMuseum Mesdag, The Hague
https://www.demesdagcollectie.nl/en/collection/hwm0293
Accession numberhwm0293
Trees, Ile de Croissy (ébauche)
Trees, Ile de Croissy (ébauche)
Description: The River Oise near Pontoise
The River Oise near Pontoise
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator namePissarro, Camille
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1873
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions18 1/8 x 21 7/8 in. (46 x 55.7 cm)
LocationClark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
http://www.clarkart.edu/Collection/4486
Accession number1955.554
The River Oise near Pontoise
The River Oise near Pontoise
Description: Water Lilies
Water Lilies
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator nameMonet, Claude
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1920
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions76 3/4 x 167 3/8 in. (200 x 425 cm)
LocationMuseum of Modern Art, New York
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/80220
Accession number666.1959.a-c
Water Lilies
Water Lilies
Description: Water Lilies
Water Lilies
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator nameMonet, Claude
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1920
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions76 3/4 x 167 3/8 in. (200 x 425 cm)
LocationMuseum of Modern Art, New York
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/80220
Accession number666.1959.a-c
Water Lilies
Water Lilies
Description: Haystack
Haystack
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameMonet, Claude
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1891
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions25 3/8 x 36 3/8 in. (64.4 x 92.5 cm)
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/100191
Accession number1983.166
Haystack
Haystack
Description: On the Beach
On the Beach
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 23
Creator nameRousseau, Théodore
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1830
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on paper
Dimensions30.5 × 42.5 cm
On the Beach
On the Beach
Description: The Red Roofs, Corner of a Village, Winter, detail
The Red Roofs, Corner of a Village, Winter, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 23
Creator namePissarro, Camille
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1877
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris
https://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/oeuvres/les-toits-rouges-coin-de-village-effet-dhiver-379
Accession numberRF 2735
The Red Roofs, Corner of a Village,...
The Red Roofs, Corner of a Village, Winter, detail
Description: L'Immensité
L'Immensité
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 23
Creator nameCourbet, Gustave
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1865
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions60 × 82.2 cm
LocationVictoria and Albert Museum, London
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O16439/limmensite-oil-painting-courbet-gustave/
Accession numberCAI.59
L'Immensité
L'Immensité
Description: Water Lilies
Water Lilies
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator nameMonet, Claude
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1920
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions76 3/4 x 167 3/8 in. (200 x 425 cm)
LocationMuseum of Modern Art, New York
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/80220
Accession number666.1959.a-c
Water Lilies
Water Lilies
Description: Oak Trees in the Gorge of Apremont
Oak Trees in the Gorge of Apremont
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 24
Creator nameRousseau, Théodore
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1850–1852
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010059394
Accession numberRF 1447
Oak Trees in the Gorge of Apremont
Oak Trees in the Gorge of Apremont
Description: Sunset on the Oise
Sunset on the Oise
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 23
Creator nameDaubigny, Charles François
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1865
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions38 × 67 cm
LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris
https://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/oeuvres/soleil-couchant-sur-loise-36
Accession numberRF 1806
Sunset on the Oise
Sunset on the Oise

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