Theodore was born on April 15, 1812 in Paris, France and died December 22, 1867 in Barbizon, France. He was a French painter of the Barbizon school and at first he received a basic level of training, but soon displayed aptitude for painting. Although his father regretted the decision at first, he became reconciled to his son forsaking business. Rousseau’s pictures are always grave in character, with an air of exquisite melancholy. They are well finished when they profess to be completed pictures, but Rousseau spent so much time developing his subjects that his absolutely completed works are comparatively few. He left many canvases with parts of the picture realized in detail and with the remainder somewhat vague; and also a good number of sketches and water-color drawings.

In my opinion, his paintings look beautiful and like as if they could be a real photograph. I don’t know why he painted so many with trees, but it might be because he loves natures or just trees in general.