Rousseau

Cornelia Stabenow

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Taschen GmbH
25 January 2018

Naive art; Art & design styles: Impressionism & Post-Impressionism; Painting & paintings; Individual artists, art monographs

Series: Basic Art

Henri Rousseau (1844-1910) was a clerk in the Paris customs service who dreamed of becoming a famous artist. At the age 49, he decided to give it a try. At first, Rousseau's bright, bold paintings of jungles and exotic flora and fauna were dismissed as childish and simplistic, but his unique and tenacious style soon won acclaim. After 1886, he exhibited regularly at Paris's prestigious Salon des Indépendants, and in 1908 he received a legendary banquet of honor, hosted by Picasso.

Although best known for his tropical scenes, Rousseau, in fact, never left France, relying on books and magazines for inspiration, as well as trips to natural history museums and anecdotes from returning military acquaintances. Working in oil on canvas, he tended toward a vibrant palette, vivid rendering, as well as a certain lush, languid sensuality as seen in the nude in the jungle composition The Dream.

Today, ""Rousseau's myth"" is well established in art history, garnering comparison with such other post-Impressionist masters as Cézanne, Matisse, and Gauguin. In this dependable TASCHEN introduction, we explore the makings of this late-blooming artist and his legacy as an unlikely hero of modernism.

By: Cornelia Stabenow
Imprint: Taschen GmbH
Country of Publication: Germany
Dimensions: Height: 260mm, Width: 210mm,
ISBN: 9783836570763
ISBN 10: 3836570769
Series: Basic Art
Pages: 96
Publication Date: 25 January 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Cornelia Stabenow was born in Bamberg, Germany, and wrote her doctoral thesis on Rousseau’s jungle pictures. She worked as an art historian from 1982 until her passing in 1990.

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Rousseau

Cornelia Stabenow

$47.95

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