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His late recognition at the 1848 Salon and a dedicated gallery at the 1855 Exposition Universelle confirmed his role in shifting French landscape painting toward direct engagement with nature, prefiguring the Impressionists’ emphasis on light and immediacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cscript type=\"application\/ld+json\"\u003e{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Théodore Rousseau\",\"birthDate\":\"1812-01-01\",\"deathDate\":\"1867-01-01\",\"nationality\":\"French\",\"jobTitle\":\"painter\",\"description\":\"Théodore Rousseau (1812–1867) was born in Paris and trained as a landscape painter in the early 19th century. Alongside artists who rejected academic conventions, he adopted plein air painting, focusing on the natural landscapes of the Fontainebleau Forest. 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