By ROUSSEAU
Located in Valladolid, ES
Amazing and gorgeous “Sunset in the Fontainebleau Forest”, Joseph Antoine Adrien Rousseau, Barbizon School, 19th century - France
Outstanding oil on canvas, work of the painter Joseph Antoine Adrien Rousseau in the first half of the 19th century. Signed in the lower left corner. Preserves the original frame. The work shows a clear romantic component, with the representation of the dark forest, creating a mysterious atmosphere. The landscape representation is very characteristic of romantic painting. Despite this being a French author, his colors and soft, velvety brushstrokes are closer to Dutch landscape painting from the 17th century. Dutch art already carried a certain romantic component that was expressed in the intensification of direct observation of nature. We do not find the agitated fantasy and explosion of color of the French, but this painting is even closer to mysticism. of German romanticism...
Category
1850s French Napoleon III Antique ROUSSEAU Wall Decorations
MaterialsCanvas, Giltwood, Paint