"In the summer of 1844, Rousseau visited the remote region of the Landes in southwestern France. There he made a pencil sketch of a farm shaded by towering oak trees and later produced a more detailed oil study of the scene. He developed this painting from the preparatory sketch and study, working on it intermittently over the next twenty years. The meticulous detail and high finish reflect Rousseau’s extended working process and his desire to present a timeless vision of the ideal coexistence of human beings and nature in this rural setting."
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W - Théodore Rousseau
2014 November: The Untamed Landscape: Théodore Rousseau and the Path to Barbizon, 2015 October: The Age of Impressionism: Great French Paintings from the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
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