Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name:
Theodore Rousseau
Creator Nationality/Dates:
France, 1812-1867
Creator Role:
artist
Title:
The Forest of Fontainebleau
Date:
circa 1860
Materials:
oil on canvas
Current Location:
Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive
Address:
Berkeley, California 94720-2250
Object ID:
1920.1
Notes:
Rousseau and his followers in the Barbizon school believed that the simplest forms of nature-trees, a sky at sunset-could speak directly to humankind.
Acquisition Information:
Bequest of Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/ft967nb54 r

The Forest of Fontainebleau