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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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Henri Rousseau Luxembourg Gardens. Monument to Chopin oil painting artist


Henri Rousseau Luxembourg Gardens. Monument to Chopin oil painting artist

Luxembourg Gardens. Monument to Chopin
Painting ID::  86677
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Date 1909(1909) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions Deutsch: 38 x 47 cm cjr

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Henri Rousseau The Repast of the Lion oil painting artist


Henri Rousseau The Repast of the Lion oil painting artist

The Repast of the Lion
Painting ID::  87653
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ca. 1907 Oil on canvas; 44 3/4 x 63 in. (113.7 x 160 cm) cjr

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Henri Rousseau View of the Quai d'Ivry oil painting artist


Henri Rousseau View of the Quai d'Ivry oil painting artist

View of the Quai d'Ivry
Painting ID::  87774
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Date 1907(1907) Medium Oil on canvas cjr

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Henri Rousseau The Customs Post oil painting artist


Henri Rousseau The Customs Post oil painting artist

The Customs Post
Painting ID::  88198
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1890; oil on canvas; The Samuel Courtauld Trust Date c1890 cyf

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Henri Rousseau Am Waldrand oil painting artist


Henri Rousseau Am Waldrand oil painting artist

Am Waldrand
Painting ID::  89729
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c. 1886(1886) Medium oil Dimensions 70 x 60.5 cm cjr

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