Rousseau, Henri 1844-1910 Also known as Le Douanier Rousseau. French painter, widely recognized as the leading exponent of Naïve art. Self-trained, his first major exhibition was organized by Max WEBER at the Stielglitz´s 291 gallery in New York, in 1910. His best known works include paintings depicting colourful jungle scenes, like Tiger in a Tropical Storm (National Gallery, London) and The
When I go out into the countryside and see the sun and the green and everything flowering, I say to myself "Yes indeed, all that belongs to me!". Nothing makes me so happy as to observe nature and to ...
Monet, Henri Matisse, Piet Mondrian, Pablo Picasso, Henri Rousseau, and Vincent van Gogh along with