Henri Rousseau The Lion's Meal Painting ID:: 27190 new2/Henri Rousseau-547355.jpg
The Lion's Meal mk15
Henri Rousseau Exotic Landscape Painting ID:: 27192 new2/Henri Rousseau-649987.jpg
Exotic Landscape 1910
mk15
Henri Rousseau Exotic Landscape Painting ID:: 27193 new2/Henri Rousseau-772697.jpg
Exotic Landscape mk15
Henri Rousseau Beauty and the Beast Painting ID:: 27194 new2/Henri Rousseau-767566.jpg
Beauty and the Beast mk15
Henri Rousseau The French Republic Painting ID:: 27195 new2/Henri Rousseau-575257.jpg
The French Republic mk15
Henri Rousseau Onew Centennial of Independence The People Dance Around Two Republics,That of 1792 and That of 1892,Holding Hands and Singing:'Aupres de ma blonde,qu Painting ID:: 27196 new2/Henri Rousseau-445524.jpg
Onew Centennial of Independence The People Dance Around Two Republics,That of 1792 and That of 1892,Holding Hands and Singing:'Aupres de ma blonde,qu 1892
mk15
Henri Rousseau Liberty Inviting Artists to Take Part in the Twenty-second Exhibition of Independent Artists Painting ID:: 27197 new2/Henri Rousseau-673683.jpg
Liberty Inviting Artists to Take Part in the Twenty-second Exhibition of Independent Artists The Valtons,Signacs,Carreres,Willettes,Luces,Seurats,Ortizes,Pissarros,Jaudins,Henri Rousseaus,etc,etc,are your emulators (mk15)
Henri Rousseau The Representatives of Foreign Powers Coming to Salute the Republic as a sign of Peace Painting ID:: 27199 new2/Henri Rousseau-922453.jpg
The Representatives of Foreign Powers Coming to Salute the Republic as a sign of Peace 1907
"Union of Nations.Peace work.Liberty.Fraternity".
Henri Rousseau Eve Painting ID:: 27200 new2/Henri Rousseau-828523.jpg
Eve
Henri Rousseau The Snake Charmer Painting ID:: 27201 new2/Henri Rousseau-286735.jpg
The Snake Charmer 1907
mk15
Henri Rousseau The Sleeping Gypsy Painting ID:: 27202 new2/Henri Rousseau-237358.jpg
The Sleeping Gypsy 1897
The feline,although ferocious,is reluctant to pounce on its victim,who worn out,has fallen into a deep sleep (mk15)
Henri Rousseau The Dream Painting ID:: 27206 new2/Henri Rousseau-249677.jpg
The Dream 1910
Yadurgha in a lovely dream,Having gently fallen asleep hearing the sounds of a musette Of a well-meaning charmer,While the moon reflects,Onthe flowers,the greening trees The wild serpents lend an ear Tothe gay tunes of the instrument (mk15)
Henri Rousseau Detail from The Dream Painting ID:: 27207 new2/Henri Rousseau-452543.jpg
Detail from The Dream Yadurgha (mk15)
Henri Rousseau War It Passes,Terrifying,Leaving Despair,Tears,and Ruin Everywhere Painting ID:: 27208 new2/Henri Rousseau-285357.jpg
War It Passes,Terrifying,Leaving Despair,Tears,and Ruin Everywhere mk15
Henri Rousseau detail from War Painting ID:: 27209 new2/Henri Rousseau-597266.jpg
detail from War mk15
Henri Rousseau The Artillerists(Fourth Battery,Third Piece) Painting ID:: 27210 new2/Henri Rousseau-752294.jpg
The Artillerists(Fourth Battery,Third Piece) mk15
Henri Rousseau The Battle of Champigny Painting ID:: 27211 new2/Henri Rousseau-999237.jpg
The Battle of Champigny mk15
Henri Rousseau The Mexican Picador Painting ID:: 27212 new2/Henri Rousseau-738478.jpg
The Mexican Picador mk15
Henri Rousseau Bouquet of Flowers Painting ID:: 27213 new2/Henri Rousseau-625436.jpg
Bouquet of Flowers mk15
Henri Rousseau Poet's Flowers Painting ID:: 27221 new2/Henri Rousseau-683298.jpg
Poet's Flowers mk15
Henri Rousseau Bouquet of Wild Flowers Painting ID:: 27222 new2/Henri Rousseau-554483.jpg
Bouquet of Wild Flowers mk15
Henri Rousseau The Forget-Me-Nots Painting ID:: 27225 new2/Henri Rousseau-867226.jpg
The Forget-Me-Nots mk15
Henri Rousseau Still Life with Exotic Fruits Painting ID:: 27226 new2/Henri Rousseau-324768.jpg
Still Life with Exotic Fruits mk15
Henri Rousseau The Port of Algiers Painting ID:: 27259 new2/Henri Rousseau-528728.jpg
The Port of Algiers mk15
Henri Rousseau The Tiger Hunt Painting ID:: 27260 new2/Henri Rousseau-923846.jpg
The Tiger Hunt mk15
Henri Rousseau Algiers(General view) Engraving Painting ID:: 27262 new2/Henri Rousseau-337323.jpg
Algiers(General view) Engraving mk15
Henri Rousseau Head of Virginia Deer Painting ID:: 27263 new2/Henri Rousseau-725336.jpg
Head of Virginia Deer mk15
Henri Rousseau Negro Attacked by a jaguar Painting ID:: 27265 new2/Henri Rousseau-732225.jpg
Negro Attacked by a jaguar mk15
Henri Rousseau Banks of the Marne(Charenton) The Alfort Mill Painting ID:: 27266 new2/Henri Rousseau-745722.jpg
Banks of the Marne(Charenton) The Alfort Mill mk15
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.