Tag: France

Éclaireurs attaqués par un tigre (1904)

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…

Jardin du Luxembourg, Monument de Chopin (1909)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Jardin du Luxembourg, Monument de Chopin (Luxembourg Gardens, Monument to Chopin) 1909 Oil on canvas, 38 x 47 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg See also: • Chopin, Frédéric | Jardin du Luxembourg | Monument de Chopin

Un bois tropical, combat du tigre et du taureau (1908-1909)

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…

La Seine à Meudon (1897-1905)

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,…

Combat de tigre et buffle (1908)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Combat de tigre et de buffle (Fight between a Tiger and a Buffalo) 1908 Oil on fabric, 170 x 189.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Having never ventured outside France, Rousseau derived his jungle scenes from reading travel…

Joyeux farceurs (1906)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Joyeux farceurs (The Merry Jesters) 1906 Oil on canvas, 145.7 x 113.3 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia

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…

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