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 Portrait of Monsieur X (Pierre Loti) oil


Portrait of Monsieur X (Pierre Loti)
Painting ID::  93296 		Portrait of Monsieur X (Pierre Loti)
Date 1910(1910) Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 61 x 50 cm (24 x 19.7 in) TTD
   
   
     
Henri Rousseau Brucke in Sevres oil


Brucke in Sevres
Painting ID::  93620 		Brucke in Sevres
1908(1908) Medium oil on canvas Dimensions Deutsch: 81 x 100 cm cjr
   
   
     
Henri Rousseau The Hungry Lion Throws Itself on the Antelope oil


The Hungry Lion Throws Itself on the Antelope
Painting ID::  95199 		The Hungry Lion Throws Itself on the Antelope
Exhibited in 1905 Type Oil on canvas Dimensions 200 cm x 301 cm cyf
   
   
     
Henri Rousseau Surprise oil


Surprise
Painting ID::  96613 		Surprise
oil on canvas Dimensions 130 X 162 cm (51.2 X 63.8 in) cyf
   
   
     
Henri Rousseau The Merry Jesters oil


The Merry Jesters
Painting ID::  96906 		The Merry Jesters
1906(1906) Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 145.7 X 113.3 cm cyf
   
   
     
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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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