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Théodore Rousseau

1812 - 1867

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Étienne Pierre Théodore Rousseau (French pronunciation: [etjɛn pjɛʁ teɔdɔʁ ʁuso]; 15 April 1812 – 22 December 1867) was a French painter of the Barbizon school. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Théodore Rousseau has received more than 193,990 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Théodore Rousseau is the 164th most popular painter (down from 141st in 2019), the 534th most popular biography from France (down from 448th in 2019) and the 48th most popular French Painter.

Theodore Rousseau is most famous for his painting "The Dream" which was created in 1866.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Théodore Rousseau ranks 164 out of 2,023. Before him are Frédéric Bazille, Édouard-Henri Avril, Jacob Jordaens, Gentile Bellini, Jacob van Ruisdael, and Giovanni Battista Piranesi. After him are Hilma af Klint, Edward Hopper, William Hogarth, Chaim Soutine, Niko Pirosmani, and Gustave Caillebotte.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1812, Théodore Rousseau ranks 3. Before him are Charles Dickens, and Kaspar Hauser. After him are Johann Gottfried Galle, Truganini, Alexander Herzen, Louise of Orléans, Ivan Goncharov, Moses Hess, Sigismond Thalberg, Amélie of Leuchtenberg, and Mirza Fatali Akhundov. Among people deceased in 1867, Théodore Rousseau ranks 7. Before him are Michael Faraday, Charles Baudelaire, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Maximilian I of Mexico, Emperor Kōmei, and Franz Bopp. After him are Otto of Greece, Sakamoto Ryōma, Jean-Victor Poncelet, Maria Theresa of Austria, Victor Cousin, and Maximilian Anton, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis.

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In France

Among people born in France, Théodore Rousseau ranks 534 out of 6,770. Before him are Charles Richet (1850), Hilary of Poitiers (315), Joseph Joffre (1852), Avitus (395), Marcel Mauss (1872), and Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728). After him are Louis, Grand Condé (1621), Boris Vian (1920), Jacques Hébert (1757), Héloïse (1101), Baldwin I, Latin Emperor (1172), and Jacques Tati (1907).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Théodore Rousseau ranks 48. Before him are Charles Le Brun (1619), Suzanne Valadon (1865), André Derain (1880), Eugène Boudin (1824), Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824), and Frédéric Bazille (1841). After him are Gustave Caillebotte (1848), Maurice Utrillo (1883), Niki de Saint Phalle (1930), Maurice de Vlaminck (1876), Raoul Dufy (1877), and Aristide Maillol (1861).

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