Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) La Guerre (War, or Discord on Horseback) c.1894 Oil on canvas, 114.5 x 195 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris More than twenty years after the Franco-Prussian conflict of 1870 and the Commune in 1871 when the Douanier Rousseau painted War,…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Portrait de Madame M. (Portrait of Madame M.) c.1896 Oil on canvas, 198 x 114.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Amongst the many portraits painted by Rousseau, it is rare to find a full-length portrait and one of such a…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Les représentants des puissances étrangères venant saluer la République en signe de paix (The Representatives of Foreign Powers Coming to Greet the Republic as a Sign of Peace) 1907 Oil on canvas, 130.7 x 162.5 cm Musée Picasso, Paris…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Portrait de femme (Portrait of a Woman) c.1895 Oil on canvas, 160.5 x 105.5 cm Musée Picasso, Paris Brassaï, photo of Picasso in his studio at 23 rue La Boétie, standing in front of Rousseau’s Portrait of a…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Moi-même, Portrait-paysage (Myself, Portrait-Landscape) 1890 Oil on canvas, 146 x 113 cm National Gallery, Prague His today greatly renowned Myself: Portrait – Landscape of 1890 depicts the then new way of the artist’s perception and reflects the artistic confidence…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) La Tour Eiffel (The Eiffel Tower) c.1898 Oil on canvas, 77.2 x 52.4 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Houston See also: • Tour Eiffel (Paris)
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) La muse inspirant le poète (The Muse Inspiring the Poet) 1909 Oil on canvas, 146.2 x 96.9 cm Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel The portrait of Guillaume Apollinaire and his partner, the painter Marie Laurencin, is one of the most famous…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Un bois tropical, combat du tigre et du taureau (In a Tropical Forest. Struggle between Tiger and Bull) 1908–1909 Oil on canvas, 46 x 55 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Henri Rousseau acquired the nickname “Douanier” (“Customs Officer”) because…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) La Seine à Meudon (Outskirts of Paris) 1897–1905 Oil on fabric, 37.8 x 45.8 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Rousseau once said to Picasso: “We are the two greatest artists of this era, you in the Egyptian style,…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Une soirée au carnaval (Carnival Evening) 1886 Oil on canvas, 117.3 x 89.5 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia An air of mystery pervades this wintry forest landscape. Dressed in festive carnival costumes, a lone couple stands in…