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Henri Julien Félix Rousseau (French: [ɑ̃ʁi ʒyljɛ̃ feliks ʁuso]; 21 May 1844 – 2 September 1910) [1] was a French post-impressionist painter in the Naïve or Primitive manner. [2][3] He was also known as Le Douanier (the customs officer), a humorous description of his occupation as a toll and tax collector. [1] .
Henri Rousseau (born May 21, 1844, Laval, France—died Sept. 2, 1910, Paris) was a French painter who is considered the archetype of the modern naive artist. He is known for his richly colored and meticulously detailed pictures of lush jungles, wild beasts, and exotic figures.
Henri Julien Félix Rousseau (French: [ɑ̃ʁi ʒyljɛ̃ feliks ʁuso]; May 21, 1844 – September 2, 1910) was a French post-impressionist painter in the Naïve or Primitive manner. He was also known as Le Douanier (the customs officer), a humorous description of his occupation as a toll and tax collector.
French artist Henri Rousseau was a self-taught painter, influencing the Parisian avant-garde movement. (1844-1910) Who Was Henri Rousseau? While working as a toll collector in Paris, Henri...
Henri Rousseau was the archetypal naive artist whose amateurish technique and unusual compositions earned him the respect and admiration of top modern artists.
The Dream (French: Le Rêve; occasionally also known as Le Songe or Rêve exotique) is a large oil-on-canvas painting created by Henri Rousseau in 1910, one of more than 25 Rousseau paintings with a jungle theme.
Ridiculed in life yet revered in death, French artist Henri Rousseau was one of the most influential post-impressionist painters of the 20th century, holding rank amongst the likes Cézanne, Gauguin, and Van Gogh.
Henri Rousseau is most celebrated as being one of the best naive artists. He was given the nickname la Dounaier (although he never reached this position), which stemmed from a job he held from 1871 to 1893, where he worked with the Paris Customs Office.
Rousseau is the most known of the paintings depicting jungles. But, he never saw any, he never traveled outside France! His inspiration came from illustrations in children’s books and the botanical gardens in Paris, as well as tableaux of taxidermy wild animals.
Henri Rousseau est le quatrième enfant [4] de Julien Rousseau (1808-1868), ferblantier et d'Éléonore Guiard [5] (1819-1890) [6].Il fait ses études à l'école primaire et au lycée de Laval (où il reçoit un prix de dessin) de 1849 à 1850, mais est mis en pension en 1851 en raison de la faillite de l'entreprise paternelle qui contraint ses parents à déménager plusieurs fois.