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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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Portrait of Monsieur X (Pierre Loti)
Date 1910(1910)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 61 x 50 cm (24 x 19.7 in)
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Painting ID:: 93296
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Portrait_of_Monsieur_X_(Pierre_Loti)
Date 1910(1910)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 61 x 50 cm (24 x 19.7 in)
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Brucke in Sevres
1908(1908)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions Deutsch: 81 x 100 cm
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Painting ID:: 93620
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Brucke_in_Sevres
1908(1908)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions Deutsch: 81 x 100 cm
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The Hungry Lion Throws Itself on the Antelope
Exhibited in 1905
Type Oil on canvas
Dimensions 200 cm x 301 cm
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Painting ID:: 95199
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The_Hungry_Lion_Throws_Itself_on_the_Antelope
Exhibited in 1905
Type Oil on canvas
Dimensions 200 cm x 301 cm
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Surprise
oil on canvas
Dimensions 130 X 162 cm (51.2 X 63.8 in)
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Painting ID:: 96613
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Surprise
oil on canvas
Dimensions 130 X 162 cm (51.2 X 63.8 in)
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The Merry Jesters
1906(1906)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 145.7 X 113.3 cm
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Painting ID:: 96906
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The_Merry_Jesters
1906(1906)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 145.7 X 113.3 cm
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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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