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252.1954. 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. His last completed work, it was first exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants from 18 March to 1 May 1910, a few months ...
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 ]
146 cm × 113 cm (57 in × 44 in) Location. National Gallery Prague, Prague. Myself, Portrait-Landscape (French: Moi-même, portrait-paysage) is an oil on canvas self-portrait by Henri Rousseau, from 1890. It is held in the National Gallery Prague. It was chosen as one of the 105 decisive western paintings for Michel Butor 's imaginary museum.
Location. Musée d'Orsay, Paris. The Snake Charmer (French: La Charmeuse de Serpents) is a 1907 oil-on-canvas painting by French Naïve artist Henri Rousseau (1844–1910). It is a depiction of a woman with glowing eyes playing a flute in the moonlight by the edge of a dark jungle with a snake extending toward her from a nearby tree.
The Sleeping Gypsy (French: La Bohémienne endormie) is an 1897 oil on canvas painting by the French Naïve artist Henri Rousseau (1844–1910). It is a fantastical depiction of a lion musing over a sleeping woman on a moonlit night. It is held by the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, to which it was donated by Mrs. Simon Guggenheim in 1939.
Boy On The Rocks (French: Garçon sur les rochers) is a painting by French artist Henri Rousseau.It is an oil on canvas and was created sometime between 1895 and 1897. The painting was purchased by art collector Chester Dale in 1927 and was subsequently bequeathed to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. in 1963.
Dimensions. 130 cm × 162 cm (51 + 1⁄8 in × 63 + 3⁄4 in) Location. National Gallery, London. Tiger in a Tropical Storm or Surprised! is an 1891 oil-on-canvas painting by Henri Rousseau. It was the first of the jungle paintings for which the artist is chiefly known. It shows a tiger, illuminated by a flash of lightning, preparing to pounce ...
113.7 cm × 160 cm (44.8 in × 63 in) Location. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Repast of the Lion is an early 20th century painting by French Post-Impressionist Henri Rousseau. [1] Done in oil on canvas, the work depicts a feeding lion in a jungle setting. The painting expands upon some of Rousseau's late 19th century work, and the ...