Henri Rousseau

French 1844-1910 Henri Rousseau Locations He was born in Laval in the Loire Valley into the family of a plumber. He attended Laval High School as a day student and then as a boarder, after his father became a debtor and his parents had to leave the town upon the seizure of their house. He was mediocre in some subjects at the high school but won prizes for drawing and music. He worked for a lawyer and studied law, but "attempted a small perjury and sought refuge in the army," serving for four years, starting in 1863. With his father's death, Rousseau moved to Paris in 1868 to support his widowed mother as a government employee. In 1871, he was promoted to the toll collector's office in Paris as a tax collector. He started painting seriously in his early forties, and by age 49 he retired from his job to work on his art. His wife died in 1888 and he later remarried. Rousseau claimed he had "no teacher other than nature", although he admitted he had received "some advice" from two established Academic painters, Felix Auguste-Clement and Jean-Leon Gerome. Essentially he was self-taught and is considered to be a naive or primitive painter.


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Henri Rousseau ormtjuserskan oil


ormtjuserskan
Painting ID::  68032
ormtjuserskan
1907 se
1907 se
   
   
     

Henri Rousseau Le Canal oil


Le Canal
Painting ID::  73010
Le Canal
"Le Canal," oil on canvas, by the French artist Henri Rousseau. 12 7/8 in. x 16 1/8 x 7/8 in. Yale University Art Gallery, Katharine Ordway Collection. Courtesy of Yale University, New Haven, Conn. cjr
   
   
     

Henri Rousseau Surprise oil


Surprise
Painting ID::  81591
Surprise
Date 1891(1891) Medium English: oil on canvas Dimensions 130 x 162 cm (51.2 x 63.8 in) cjr
   
   
     

Henri Rousseau The Customs Post oil


The Customs Post
Painting ID::  84298
The Customs Post
c. 1890; oil on canvas cjr
c._1890;_oil_on_canvas cjr
   
   
     

Henri Rousseau Landscape with Milkmaids oil


Landscape with Milkmaids
Painting ID::  85371
Landscape with Milkmaids
Oil on Canvas. 1906 cjr
Oil_on_Canvas._1906 cjr
   
   
     

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     French 1844-1910 Henri Rousseau Locations He was born in Laval in the Loire Valley into the family of a plumber. He attended Laval High School as a day student and then as a boarder, after his father became a debtor and his parents had to leave the town upon the seizure of their house. He was mediocre in some subjects at the high school but won prizes for drawing and music. He worked for a lawyer and studied law, but "attempted a small perjury and sought refuge in the army," serving for four years, starting in 1863. With his father's death, Rousseau moved to Paris in 1868 to support his widowed mother as a government employee. In 1871, he was promoted to the toll collector's office in Paris as a tax collector. He started painting seriously in his early forties, and by age 49 he retired from his job to work on his art. His wife died in 1888 and he later remarried. Rousseau claimed he had "no teacher other than nature", although he admitted he had received "some advice" from two established Academic painters, Felix Auguste-Clement and Jean-Leon Gerome. Essentially he was self-taught and is considered to be a naive or primitive painter.

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