The Edge of the Woods at Monts-Girard, Fontainebleau Forest, 1852–54, Oil on wood, 31 1/2 x 48 in. (80 x 121.9 cm), Paintings, Théodore Rousseau (French, Paris 1812–1867 Barbizon), As related by Rousseau’s friend and biographer Alfred Sensier, this painting represents part of the woods at Fontainebleau where the trees—some hundreds of years old—were vulnerable to harvest, a practice the artist bitterly opposed
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Edge, Woods, Monts-Girard, Fontainebleau Forest, 1852–54, Oil, wood, 31 1/2 x 48, 80 121.9 cm, Paintings, Théodore Rousseau, French, Paris, 1812–1867, Barbizon, related, Rousseau, friend, biographer Alfred, Sensier, painting represents, part, woods, Fontainebleau, trees— hundreds, years old—, vulnerable, harvest, practice, artist bitterly, opposed
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