Simon Kelly is Curator and Head of Department of Modern and Contemporary Art, The Saint Louis Art Museum, USA.

Simon Kelly’s consummate study of Théodore Rousseau draws the reader deeply into the complex lived experience of this adventurous, under-examined painter of the French landscape, bringing to light as never before an entire world of making, selling and viewing art in mid-nineteenth-century France, just as the stage was set for the avant-gardes to come.

• List of PlatesList of FiguresSeries Editor’s IntroductionAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. “The Outlaw”: Rousseau at the Salon 2. Alternative Spaces: Artists’ Societies to the Cercle de L’Union Artistique3. “A Small Number of the Privileged”: The Patrons 4. The Art Dealers: Adolphe Beugniet to Paul Durand-Ruel5. “This Dangerous Game”: The Auction Sale6. The Reproduction Industry: From Etching to PhotographyRousseau’s LegacyAppendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix 3Select BibliographyIndex

Simon Kelly is Curator and Head of Department of Modern and Contemporary Art, The Saint Louis Art Museum, USA.

Simon Kelly’s consummate study of Théodore Rousseau draws the reader deeply into the complex lived experience of this adventurous, under-examined painter of the French landscape, bringing to light as never before an entire world of making, selling and viewing art in mid-nineteenth-century France, just as the stage was set for the avant-gardes to come.

• List of PlatesList of FiguresSeries Editor’s IntroductionAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. “The Outlaw”: Rousseau at the Salon 2. Alternative Spaces: Artists’ Societies to the Cercle de L’Union Artistique3. “A Small Number of the Privileged”: The Patrons 4. The Art Dealers: Adolphe Beugniet to Paul Durand-Ruel5. “This Dangerous Game”: The Auction Sale6. The Reproduction Industry: From Etching to PhotographyRousseau’s LegacyAppendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix 3Select BibliographyIndex

Simon Kelly is Curator and Head of Department of Modern and Contemporary Art, The Saint Louis Art Museum, USA.

Simon Kelly’s consummate study of Théodore Rousseau draws the reader deeply into the complex lived experience of this adventurous, under-examined painter of the French landscape, bringing to light as never before an entire world of making, selling and viewing art in mid-nineteenth-century France, just as the stage was set for the avant-gardes to come.

• List of PlatesList of FiguresSeries Editor’s IntroductionAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. “The Outlaw”: Rousseau at the Salon 2. Alternative Spaces: Artists’ Societies to the Cercle de L’Union Artistique3. “A Small Number of the Privileged”: The Patrons 4. The Art Dealers: Adolphe Beugniet to Paul Durand-Ruel5. “This Dangerous Game”: The Auction Sale6. The Reproduction Industry: From Etching to PhotographyRousseau’s LegacyAppendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix 3Select BibliographyIndex