Henri Rousseau

(1844–1910) fransk målare

Henri Rousseau (France, 1844–1910) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Henri Rousseau belongs to the chapter ‘Impressionism’ in this site’s history of art.

Henri Rousseau was born in Laval and died in Paris. Henri Rousseau worked in Paris. Wikidata associates Henri Rousseau with Post-impressionism, primitivism, and naïve art.

The best-known works include ‘The Dream’, ‘Tiger in a Tropical Storm’, ‘Myself: Portrait – Landscape’, and ‘The Sleeping Gypsy’. The works belong mainly to the genres landscape painting, figure painting, and still life. The catalogue has 133 works by Henri Rousseau with free images. The dated works span the years 1880–1910. Works by Henri Rousseau are held by several collections, among them Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Jean Walter-Paul Guillaume Collection, and Pola Museum of Art.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Syrius Eberle, Peter Johann Theodor Janssen, Henri Zuber, Albert Neuhuys, and Hugo Kauffmann.

• Impressionism
• Sovande zigenerska
• Överraskad
• Drömmen
• Ormtjuserskan
• Jag själv: Porträtt–Landskap
• Hungrigt lejon kastar sig över en antilop
• Boy on the Rocks
• Musan inspirerar poeten
• Portrait of Monsieur X (Pierre Loti)
• Carnival Evening
• La Guerre
• The Banks of the Bièvre near Bicêtre
• La Carriole du Père Junier
• The Ship in the Tempest
• Anglers
• The Wedding Party