Tag: forest

Une soirée au carnaval (1886)

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…

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…

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…

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.…

Le repas du lion (c.1907)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Le repas du lion (The Repast of the Lion) c.1907 Oil on canvas, 113.7 x 160 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This work was probably shown in the Salon d’Automne of 1907, but it treats a theme…

Forêt de Fontainebleau (1865)

Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Forêt de Fontainebleau (Fontainebleau Forest) 1865 Oil on canvas 60 x 73.2 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Forêt de Fontainebleau (France)

Forêt de Fontainebleau (France)

Forest of Fontainebleau in Art: Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Forêt de Fontainebleau 1865 Musée d’Orsay, Paris     Cellini, Benvenuto (1500-1571) La nymphe de Fontainebleau 1542–1543 Musée du Louvre, Paris     Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Vue dans la forêt de Fontainebleau 1855 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam    …