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 Luxembourg Gardens. Monument to Chopin oil


Luxembourg Gardens. Monument to Chopin
Painting ID::  86677 		Luxembourg Gardens. Monument to Chopin
Date 1909(1909) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions Deutsch: 38 x 47 cm cjr
   
   
     
Henri Rousseau The Repast of the Lion oil


The Repast of the Lion
Painting ID::  87653 		The Repast of the Lion
ca. 1907 Oil on canvas; 44 3/4 x 63 in. (113.7 x 160 cm) cjr
   
   
     
Henri Rousseau View of the Quai d'Ivry oil


View of the Quai d'Ivry
Painting ID::  87774 		View of the Quai d'Ivry
Date 1907(1907) Medium Oil on canvas cjr
Date_1907(1907) _ Medium_Oil_on_canvas _ cjr
   
   
     
Henri Rousseau The Customs Post oil


The Customs Post
Painting ID::  88198 		The Customs Post
1890; oil on canvas; The Samuel Courtauld Trust Date c1890 cyf
   
   
     
Henri Rousseau Am Waldrand oil


Am Waldrand
Painting ID::  89729 		Am Waldrand
c. 1886(1886) Medium oil Dimensions 70 x 60.5 cm 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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