Tag: H. Rousseau

La Guerre (c.1894)

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,…

La charmeuse de serpents (1907)

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…

Portrait de Madame M. (c.1896)

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…

Portrait de femme (c.1895)

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…

Moi-même, Portrait-paysage (1890)

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…

Národní Galerie v Praze (Prague)

Founded: 1796 Address: 12 Staroměstské nám. 1, 110 15 Praha 1-Staré Město, Czechia Website: https://www.ngprague.cz/en/ Collection: • Bronzino (1503-1572): Eleonora di Toledo (1543) • Bronzino (1503-1572): Ritratto di Cosimo I de’ Medici (c.1560) • Manet, Édouard (1832-1883): Portrait d’homme (1855) • Renoir, Auguste…