Tag: H. Rousseau

National Museum of Modern Art (Tokyo)

Opened: 1952 Location: 3-1 Kitanomaru-koen, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8322 Website: https://www.momat.go.jp/english/ Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also: • Museums…

La Tour Eiffel (c.1898)

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)

Surpris! (1891)

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…

Portrait de Joseph Brummer (1909)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Portrait de Joseph Brummer (Portrait of Joseph Brummer) 1909 Oil on canvas, 115.9 × 88.3 cm National Gallery, London Staring straight at us while nonchalantly holding a cigarette is the Hungarian-born art dealer Joseph Brummer (1883‒1947). The portrait was…

La muse inspirant le poète (1909)

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 See also: • Apollinaire, Guillaume (1880-1918) | Laurencin, Marie (1883-1956)

Femme se promenant dans un forêt exotique (1905)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Femme se promenant dans un forêt exotique (Woman Walking in an Exotic Forest) 1905 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…

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…