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 Tiger Attacking a Bull oil


Tiger Attacking a Bull
Painting ID::  40882
Tiger Attacking a Bull
mk156 1908-09 Oil on canvas 46x55cm
mk156 1908-09 Oil_on_canvas 46x55cm
   
   
     

Henri Rousseau In a Tropical Forest.Struggle between the Tiger and the bull oil


In a Tropical Forest.Struggle between the Tiger and the bull
Painting ID::  41100
In a Tropical Forest.Struggle between the Tiger and the bull
mk159 1908 Oil on canvas 46x55cm
mk159 1908 Oil_on_canvas 46x55cm
   
   
     

Henri Rousseau The Chopin Memorial in the Luxembourg Garden oil


The Chopin Memorial in the Luxembourg Garden
Painting ID::  41101
The Chopin Memorial in the Luxembourg Garden
mk159 1909 Oil on canvas 38x47cm
mk159 1909 Oil_on_canvas 38x47cm
   
   
     

Henri Rousseau Repast of the Lion oil


Repast of the Lion
Painting ID::  41303
Repast of the Lion
mk161 Oil on canvas 44x63cm
mk161 Oil_on_canvas 44x63cm
   
   
     

Henri Rousseau The slangenbezweerder oil


The slangenbezweerder
Painting ID::  42806
The slangenbezweerder
MK169 1907 Cloth 169x190cm
MK169_ 1907_Cloth_ 169x190cm
   
   
     

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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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