The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 17, 2024
The Fisherman (Le Pêcheur)
c. 1840–45
(French, 1812–1867)
Sheet: 20.9 x 28 cm (8 1/4 x 11 in.); Secondary Support: 20.9 x 28 cm (8 1/4 x 11 in.); Tertiary Support: 29.6 x 37.9 cm (11 5/8 x 14 15/16 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1980.18
Location: not on view
Description
The quintessential Barbizon artist, Rousseau was romantically in love with nature. He spent the better part of twenty years living in near poverty in a cottage in the village of Barbizon, painting in a converted barn. The Fisherman is an early drawing by the artist, probably executed on the outskirts of Paris. The tree, the foreground grasses and rocks, and the humble form of the fisherman at rest are rendered with great specificity. Rousseau thought of each tree in the Forest of Fontainebleau as being almost human, each marked by a particular fate and struggle.- [Schaeffer Galleries, New York]
- Allan, Scott and Édouard Kopp. Unruly Nature: The Landscapes of Théodore Rousseau. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2016. 111,170
- Unruly Nature: The Landscapes of Théodore Rousseau. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (organizer) (June 21-September 11, 2016).Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 15-November 14, 2004).French Drawings from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 13, 1994-March 12, 1995).The Graphic Art of the Barbizon School. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 17-May 17, 1987).Year in Review: 1980. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 24-July 19, 1981).
- {{cite web|title=The Fisherman (Le Pêcheur)|url=false|author=Théodore Rousseau|year=c. 1840–45|access-date=17 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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