ID: 700007867 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007867	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Forest of Fontainebleau, Cluster of Tall Trees Overlooking the Plain of Clair-Bois at the Edge of Bas-Bréau (oil painting (visual work); Théodore Rousseau (French, 1812 - 1867) (French Artist); about 1849 - 1855; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 2007.13;)

Note: The painting depicts a corner of the Forest of Fontainebleau known as Bas-Bréau, near the artist's home in the village of Barbizon. Bas-Bréau attracted Rousseau beginning in the winter of 1836-37, and he continued to paint in this area throughout his career. In 1853, he submitted a petition to the Duke of Morny, an influential politician close to Napoleon III, protesting the commercial exploitation of the trees and rocks of Bas- Bréau, and requesting its protection. At the center of the composition are Rousseau's beloved oaks, the central motif of the great 19th-century landscape painter's working life. In the distance at the right is an open plain, above which looms a late-afternoon sky. A thinly sketched single figure and herd of cows make their way around a bend towards a pond, whose surface reflects the milky light of the sky. The foreground of earth, boulders, grass and broken branches is barely suggested, and the dramatic focus of the canvas on the trunk, branches and foliage of a central live oak, whose gnarled limbs stretch around one another towards the sky, clearly fascinated the artist. Daylight reflects off the pond and up into the branches, filtering through the foliage in an extraordinarily nuanced range of earthy greens and browns. Rousseau employs a variety of energetic brush marks to render this magical evening moment in the ancient forest.

Titles:

Forest of Fontainebleau, Cluster of Tall Trees Overlooking the Plain of Clair-Bois at the Edge of Bas-Bréau (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

The Old Oak (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

oil painting (visual work) [300033799] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, paintings (visual works), <paintings by material or technique>)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: about 1849 - 1855

Creator Display:

Théodore Rousseau (French, 1812 - 1867) (French Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

Rousseau, Théodore (French painter, 1812-1867) [500019946]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500329598] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 2007.13

Other: Creation: France [1000070] Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Oil on canvas

	oil paint (paint) [300015050]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>)

	canvas (textile material) [300014078]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by process or technique>)

Dimensions: Unframed: 90.8 x 116.8 cm (35 3/4 x 46 in.); Framed: 123.2 x 149.2 x 10.2 cm (48 1/2 x 58 3/4 x 4 in.)

Cultures:

French (preferred)

General Subject:

landscapes (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	forests (cultural landscapes) [300008863]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), landscapes (environments), cultural landscapes, <cultural landscapes by location or context>, wilderness) (AAT)

	cows (mammals) [300250120]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), <mammals by sex or age>) (AAT)

	forest (cultural landscape) [300008863]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), landscapes (environments), cultural landscapes, <cultural landscapes by location or context>, wilderness) (AAT)

	pond (water) [300008688]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), landscapes (environments), natural landscapes, bodies of water (natural)) (AAT)

	landscape (representation) [300015636]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Forest of Fontainebleau, Cluster of Tall Trees Overlooking the Plain of Clair-Bois at the Edge of Bas-Bréau	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
The Old Oak	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

Note:
English	..... [JPGM,VP]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)