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    Henri Rousseau
    Henri Rousseau
    Henri Rousseau
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    Henri Rousseau

    By Valene Tolman

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    Henri Rousseau was a French Post-Impressionist painter. Many observers commented that he painted like a child, but the work shows erudition with his scrupulous technique. His best known paintings depict jungle scenes despite the fact that he never left France or saw a jungle. His inspiration came from illustrated books and the botanical gardens in Paris. Along with his exotic scenes there was a concurrent output of smaller topographical images of the city and its suburbs. He claimed to have invented a new genre of portrait landscape, which he achieved by starting a painting with a view such as a favorite part of the city, and then depicting a person in the foreground. Rousseau's flat, seemingly childish style was disparaged by many critics; people often were shocked by his work or mocked it.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherValene Tolman
    Release dateFeb 1, 2015
    ISBN9786050353747
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      Henri Rousseau - Valene Tolman

      Henri Rousseau

      By Valene Tolman

      First Edition

      Copyright © 2015 by Valene Tolman

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      Henri Rousseau

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      Foreword

      Henri Julien Félix Rousseau (1844 – 1910) was a French Post-Impressionist painter in the Naïve or Primitive manner. Ridiculed during his lifetime, he came to be recognized as a self-taught genius whose works are of high artistic quality.

      His best known paintings depict jungle scenes despute the fact that he never left France or saw a jungle. Stories spread by admirers that his army service included the French expeditionary force to Mexico are unfounded. His inspiration came from illustrated books and the botanical gardens in Paris, as well as tableaux of taxidermied wild animals. He had also met soldiers during his term of service who had survived the French expedition to Mexico, and he listened to their

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