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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Untitiled (9 Layers) by Adam Fowler, Image 1.

    Adam Fowler

    Untitiled (9 Layers), 2007

    Hand-cut graphite on paper

    36 x 24 in (91.44 x 60.96 cm)

  2. [Circulate] One Thousand Clouds by Takasumi Abe, Image 3.

    Takasumi Abe

    [Circulate] One Thousand Clouds, 2006

    Installation with drawing paper, graphite, performance video

  3. Matt Damon, 2001 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Matt Damon, 2001, 2001

    Ink on paper

    11 x 9 in (27.94 x 22.86 cm)

  4. Clent Eastwoods, 2001 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Clent Eastwoods, 2001, 2001

    Ink on paper

    12 x 9 in (30.48 x 22.86 cm)

  5. Williamsburg Bridge - Manhattan by Thomas Riesing, Image 1.

    Thomas Riesing

    Williamsburg Bridge - Manhattan, 1987

    Charcoal on paper

    42.5 x 62.5 in (107.95 x 158.75 cm)

  6. Mariandynae Flux Encounter by Alan Saret, Image 2.

    Alan Saret

    Mariandynae Flux Encounter, 1983

    Pencil on paper

    22.5 x 30 in (57.15 x 76.2 cm)

  7. Luncheon of Honor, '55 by Shiela Bocock, Image 1.

    Shiela Bocock

    Luncheon of Honor, '55, 1974

    Pencil and ink on paper mounted to board

    20 x 30 in (50.8 x 76.2 cm)

  8. A US Congressman in the Year of 1863 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    A US Congressman in the Year of 1863

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

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About the artist

Théodore Rousseau

French

1812-1867

French painter. Born in Paris, began painting at age 14. Early influence by English contemporaries such as Richard Parkes Bonington and John Constable led to landscape paintings portraying nature as wild and mysterious. Began exhibiting at the French Salon in 1831 but a series of his paintings were rejected by the jury. Settled in Barbizon in the mid 1800s and worked with several landscape painters, including Jean-Francois Millet and Jules Dupre. The group became known as the Barbizon school. When the Salon revised its standards after the Revolution of 1848, Rousseau was formaly recognized as a key figure in French landscape painting and went on to represent France at the Universal Exposition of 1855. Became president of the fine-arts jury for the Universal Exposition of 1867. Known for highly textured brushstrokes characteristic of the Impressionists to come.