Forêt tropicale avec singes (1910)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Forêt tropicale avec singes (Tropical Forest with Monkeys) 1910 Oil on canvas, 129.5 x 162.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Born in 1844 to a working-class family in Laval, France, Henri Rousseau worked briefly for a lawyer and…

Autoportrait (1895)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Autoportrait (Self-Portrait) 1895 Pen and brown ink on brown wove paper, 13.6 x 10 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington

Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau

(1859–1915) Virginie Amélie “Mimi” Avegno Gautreau Madame Pierre Gautreau, née Avegno Madame Gautreau in Art: Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) Madame Gautreau Drinking a Toast 1882–1883 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston     Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) Madame X 1883–1884 Metropolitan…

Cannes (France)

Births: • Philipe, Gérard (1922-1959) Deaths: • Avegno Gautreau, Virginie Amélie (1859-1915) • Franklin, Maud (1857-1939) • Khokhlova, Olga (1891-1955) • Marais, Jean (1913-1998) • Marin, Jacques (1919-2001) • Mérimée, Prosper (1803-1870) • Young, Terence (1915-1994) See also: • Cities | France

Rendez-vous dans la forêt (1889)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Rendez-vous dans la forêt (Rendezvous in the Forest) 1889 Oil on canvas, 92 x 73 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Beyond a dense screen of stylized, dark brown tree trunks, bending branches, and sage and moss-green leaves, a…

La Guerre (after 1895)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) La Guerre (The War) after 1895 Photomechanical relief print on red coated wove paper, 32.5 × 49.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington

Paysage exotique (1909)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Paysage exotique (The Equatorial Jungle) 1909 Oil on canvas, 140.6 x 129.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Two animals with golden yellow, brown, and black fur peer out from behind dense jungle foliage in this stylized, vertical painting.…