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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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The Snake Charmer
1907
5' 6 1/2'' x 6' 2 1/2''(169 x 189.5 cm)Bequest of Jacques Doucet,1936
Painting ID:: 11882
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The_Snake_Charmer
1907
5' 6 1/2'' x 6' 2 1/2''(169 x 189.5 cm)Bequest of Jacques Doucet,1936
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Portrait of a Woman
ca 1897
6'6'' x 3' 9''(198 x 114 cm)
Painting ID:: 11883
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Portrait_of_a_Woman
ca 1897
6'6'' x 3' 9''(198 x 114 cm)
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War (mk09)
1894
Oil on canvas,114 x 195 cm
Paris,Musee d'Orsay
Painting ID:: 21515
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War_(mk09)
1894
Oil on canvas,114 x 195 cm
Paris,Musee d'Orsay
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Self-Portrait
mk52
1890
Oil on canvas
143x110cm
National Gallery,Prague
Painting ID:: 27082
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Self-Portrait
mk52
1890
Oil on canvas
143x110cm
National Gallery,Prague
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The Promenade
mk15
Painting ID:: 27127
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The_Promenade
mk15
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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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