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)
La Tour Eiffel (c.1898)
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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)
Forêt vierge au soleil couchant. Nègre attaqué par un léopard (1910)
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Forêt vierge au soleil couchant. Nègre attaqué par un léopard (Virgin Forest with Sunset. Negro Attacked by a Jaguar) 1910 Oil on canvas, 113.6 x 162.3 cm Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel
Les flamants (1907)
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Les flamants (The Flamingoes) 1907 Oil on canvas, 114 x 163.3 cm Private collection
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…
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
Vue des fortifications à la gauche du Portail de Vanves (1909)
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Vue des fortifications à la gauche du Portail de Vanves (View of the Fortifications to the left of the Gate of Vanves) 1909 Oil on canvas, 31 x 41 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg See also: • Vanves (France)
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,…