Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le chêne Bodmer de la forêt de Fontainebleau (The Bodmer Oak, Fontainebleau Forest) 1865 Oil on canvas, 96.2 x 129.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The Forest of Fontainebleau, south of Paris, became an artistic…
Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) La route dans les bois (The Road in the Woods) 1879 Oil on canvas, 46.3 x 55.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Le Rêve (The Dream) 1910 Oil on canvas, 204.5 x 298.5 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York “The woman asleep on the couch is dreaming she has been transported into the forest, listening to the sounds from the…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) La charmeuse de serpents (The Snake Charmer) 1907 Oil on canvas, 167 x 189.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Rousseau, who was self-taught and began painting late in life, travelled very little. Most of his jungles were painted in the…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Paysage exotique (Exotic Landscape) 1908 Oil on canvas, 116 x 89 cm Private collection
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Surpris! (Surprised!) 1891 Oil on canvas, 129.8 x 161.9 cm National Gallery, London A tiger crouches low in thick jungle foliage, its back arched and teeth bared. It is not entirely clear what is happening, however. Is the tiger…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Forêt vierge au soleil couchant. Nègre attaqué par un léopard (Virgin Forest with Sunset. Negro Attacked by a Jaguar) c.1910 Oil on canvas, 113.6 x 162.3 cm Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Femme se promenant dans un forêt exotique (Woman Walking in an Exotic Forest) c.1910 Oil on canvas, 100 x 81 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Henri Rousseau became the unlikely hero of the Parisian avant-garde for his “naïve” style and…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Éclaireurs attaqués par un tigre (Scouts Attacked by a Tiger) 1904 Oil on canvas, 121.6 x 161.9 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Self-taught artist Henri Rousseau created his enormous jungle scenes by studying the plants and taxidermy animals in Paris‘s…
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…