Theodore Rousseau and the Rise of the Modern Art Market
An Avant-Garde Landscape Painter in Nineteenth-Century France
1st Edition
Published on 25. March 2021
256 pages
978-1-5013-4381-0 (ISBN)
Description
The 19th century in France witnessed the emergence of the structures of the modern art market that remain until this day. This book examines the relationship between the avant-garde Barbizon landscape painter, Théodore Rousseau (1812-1867), and this market, exploring the constellation of patrons, art dealers and critics who surrounded the artist. It argues for the pioneering role of Rousseau, his patrons and his public in the origins of the modern art market, and, in so doing, shifts attention away from the more traditional focus on the novel careers of the Impressionists and their supporters. Drawing on extensive archival research, the book provides new insight into the role of the modern artist as professional. It provides a new understanding of the complex iconographical and formal choices within Rousseau's work, rediscovering the original radical charge that once surrounded the artist's work and led to extensive and peculiarly modern tensions with the market place.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
8 colour & 64 bw illus
ISBN-13
978-1-5013-4381-0 (9781501343810)
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Theodore Rousseau and the Rise of the Modern Art Market
An Avant-Garde Landscape Painter in Nineteenth-Century France
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11/2023
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
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Simon Kelly
Theodore Rousseau and the Rise of the Modern Art Market
An Avant-Garde Landscape Painter in Nineteenth-Century France
Book
06/2021
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
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Simon Kelly is Curator and Head of Department of Modern and Contemporary Art, The Saint Louis Art Museum, USA.
Content
List of Plates
List of Figures
Series Editor's Introduction
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1. "The Outlaw": Rousseau at the Salon
2. Alternative Spaces: Artists' Societies to the Cercle de L'Union Artistique
3. "A Small Number of the Privileged": The Patrons
4. The Art Dealers: Adolphe Beugniet to Paul Durand-Ruel
5. "This Dangerous Game": The Auction Sale
6. The Reproduction Industry: From Etching to Photography
Rousseau's Legacy
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Appendix 3
Select Bibliography
Index
List of Figures
Series Editor's Introduction
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1. "The Outlaw": Rousseau at the Salon
2. Alternative Spaces: Artists' Societies to the Cercle de L'Union Artistique
3. "A Small Number of the Privileged": The Patrons
4. The Art Dealers: Adolphe Beugniet to Paul Durand-Ruel
5. "This Dangerous Game": The Auction Sale
6. The Reproduction Industry: From Etching to Photography
Rousseau's Legacy
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Appendix 3
Select Bibliography
Index
